a. [f. TRICLINI-UM + -AL.] Pertaining to a triclinium. So Tricliniarch [ad. L. triclīniarchēs, Gr. *τρικλῑνιάρχης: cf. ARCHITRICLINE], the president of a feast; † Tricliniary a. [ad. L. triclīniāris] = triclinial.
1874. I. Taylor, Etruscan Researches, iii. 47. The couches on which the corpses repose have a *triclinial arrangement.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., *Tricliniarck (tricliniarches), the master of the dining chamber or room, the huicher.
1892. Harper’s Mag., Dec., 131/1. There is no need thus to punish your tricliniarch.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., V. vi. 243. From this *Tricliniary disposure, we may illustrate that obscure expression of Seneca.
1695. J. Edwards, Perfect. Script., 133. This was their Posture at first on their Tricliniary Beds.
