Meanings
nounabaton (plural abatons)
plural abatons
- Ancient GreeceAn enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept.
There were a series of bathing houses for hydropathy. The abatons, lofty and airy sleeping chambers with their southern sides and open colonnade, are singularly like the open balconies of our tuberculosis sanatoria.
1912, James J. Walsh, “Great Physicians in Psychotherapy”, in Psychotherapy, New York: D. Appleton and Company - Greek OrthodoxyAn inaccessible or restricted part of a sacred building.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄβατον
- Englishabaton
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄβατον (ábaton), nominalized neuter form of ἄβατος (ábatos, “inaccessible”).
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German Abaton
- Abatonenclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept
Indonesian abaton
- abatonenclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept
Italian abaton, abato
- abatonenclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept
- abatoenclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept
Polish abaton
- abatonenclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept
Portuguese abaton, ábaton
- abatonenclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept
- ábatonenclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept
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APA
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“abaton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abaton. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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