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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Atonement \A*tone"ment\, n. {Day of Atonement} (Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tisri), according to the rites described in Leviticus xvi. Atrium \A"tri*um\, n. (Anat.) A cavity, entrance, or passage; as the atrium, or atrial cavity, in the body wall of the amphioxus; an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Atrium \A"tri*um\, n.; pl {Atria}. [L., the fore court of a Roman house.] 1. (Arch.) a A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels. b An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery. 2. (Anat.) The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also the whole articular portion of the heart. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open and which also receives the water from the gills. See {Ascidioidea}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: atrium n 1: any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart) 2: the central area in a building; open to the sky
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