Look up: refectory

1. Refectory
   A refectory is a dining-hall, or fratery, of a convent, college, etc. The internal arrangement and fittings were very similar to those of the ordinary domestic halls, except that it was not unusually provided with a raised desk or pulpit, from which, on some occasions, one of the inmates of the establishment read to the others during meal-time.
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2. Refectory
   Communal dining hall.
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3. refectory
   A dining room in a monastery.
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4. refectory
   [n] - a communal dininghall (usually in a monastery)
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5. Refectory
   communal dining hall
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6. Refectory
   Re·fec'to·ry (-to*rȳ) noun ; plural ; Refectories (-r...z). [ LL . refectorium : confer F. réfectoire . See Refection .] A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents. &...
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7. refectory
   noun a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)
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8. Refectory
   • (n.) A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents.
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9. Refectory
   , Tomar, Portugal. A `refectory` (also `frater`, `frater house`, `fratery`) is a dining room, especially in monasteries, boarding schools and academic institutions. One of the places the term is most often used today is in graduate seminaries. It is derived from the Latin reficere: to remake ...
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