Phrontistery
[FRAHN-tə-ster-ee]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Ancient Greek, 17th century
1.
A place for thinking.
2.
An establishment devoted to education or study.
Examples of Phrontistery in a sentence
"The library’s elegant reading room was the perfect phrontistery for studying."
"The clearing in the forest was so quiet, it was adopted as a natural phrontistery by introspective hikers."
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