Look up: frigidarium

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   Frigidarium
   (Latin) in a Roman bath, this was the cold room; a bath's patron would enter this room following their use of the calidarium; the cold pool of water into which the patron leapt was used to close open pores or to wash off sweat after visiting the palaestra, where male patrons lifted weights and wrestled or just hung out and played board games.
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   frigidarium
   cold room in a bath-suite
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   frigidarium
   This was coldest room in the regular sequence of bathing rooms. From the hot rooms one would go into a colder room called the frigidarium. The main function of this room was to close the pores after sweating in the hot rooms, like the tepidarium or the caldarium. In the frigidarium one could expect to find a small plunge pool of cold water (puteus ...
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   Frigidarium
   Frig'i·da`ri·um noun ; plural Frigidaria . [ Latin , neut. of frigidarium cooling.] The cooling room of the Roman thermæ, furnished with a cold bath.
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   frigidarium
   Origin: L, neut. Of frigidarium cooling. ... The cooling room of the Roman thermae, furnished with a cold bath. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   Frigidarium
   A `frigidarium` is a large cold pool to drop into after enjoying a hot Roman bath. The Caldarium and the Tepidarium opened the pores of the skin. The cold water would close the pores. There would be a small pool of cold water or sometimes a large Swimming pool. An octagonal example measuring over 5m across was excavated at Bax Farm, near Faversham, Kent. This had a large brick conduit for supplying cold water. The walls were originally decorate...
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   Frigidarium
   • (n.) The cooling room of the Roman thermae, furnished with a cold bath.
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