A room, building, or office in Roman times where foods were preserved, seasoned, or stored; an official administrative function.
From Latin 'conditor' (preserver, seasoner, founder) derived from 'condio' (to season, preserve), plus the neuter nominative suffix '-ium.' This literally means 'a place of preservation or seasoning.'
Roman emperors actually had official 'conditoriums' as part of palace administration—it shows that food preservation and seasoning were so important they had their own government department, basically making the head chef a government official!
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