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==Etymology==
from early 18th century French, derived from [[Latin]] vestibulum, -i n. "entrance court" or [[Latin]] vestibulum forecourt
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 1726]
==Definitions==
*1 a : a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : lobby
:b : an enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car
*2 : any of various [[bodily]] cavities especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to some other cavity or space: as a : the central cavity of the bony [[labyrinth]] of the inner ear or the parts (as the saccule and utricle) of the membranous labyrinth that it contains
:b : the part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice
:c : the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra
:d : the part of the mouth cavity outside the teeth and gums
*3 : a [[course]] that offers [[access]] (as to something new)

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