rĕceptōrĭus

a, um, adj.

id.

I. fit for receiving (eccl. Lat.): locus, Tert. Res. Carn. 27.—Hence, subst.: rĕceptōrĭum, ii, n., a place of shelter, Sid. Ep. 5, 17 fin.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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