refectory
2
8.9
- noun
- /rɪˈfɛktəri/
- UK
:
refectorio
- After the service, everyone gathered in the refectory to share a meal together.
- refectory in the monastery
Examples
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The students enjoyed their lunch in the spacious refectory of the college.
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The refectory was long, with tables on raised platforms around the walls and serving tables in the midst.
Academic text (2013) -
Out in the hall, we can hear the others moving from the refectory into the card room.
Fiction book (2001) -
But come, the refectory is around the corner.
Fiction book (1993) -
Hand in hand with both of them, she led the way to the hospital refectory.
Fiction book (1991) -
Mother Superior still wants us to fund construction of the new refectory.
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Kseen has been working here in the refectory for two years, and she is really quite sweet.
Fiction book (1991) -
The refectory was nearly empty, just a little group of us huddled around a table in the corner.
Fiction book (2001) -
St. Ed invited him into the refectory for lunch, but Straightgut, seeing Amy in the distance, refused.
Fiction book (1993) -
They call you to the refectory to consume your meals.
Synonyms
201
1.0
A room in a house where people eat meals together
27
3.4
A large room where people in the military eat
20
2.1
A large room in a college where many students eat meals
10
1.3
A space in a home or restaurant for eating meals
2
1.0
A room in a house where people eat meals together
1
8.2
A large school room used for eating lunch and for events like assemblies
A room where people in the military eat meals together
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Etymology
Refectory comes from the Latin reficere meaning 'to restore' and from refectorium meaning 'place of refreshment'. It was the dining hall in a monastery or college where people were 'restored' by food, so a refectory is a communal dining room.