Refectory

//ɹɪˈfɛkt(ə)ɹi// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery.

    "They compare very well with similar cafes elsewhere and the quality, for example, is far better and the price cheaper than in my college refectory."

  2. 2
    a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery) wordnet

Synonyms

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cafeteriacommonsdining halldining roommessmess hall

Example

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"I hate the food in the refectory."

Etymology

Via Middle English refectori from Late Latin refectorium, from Latin reficere (“to remake, to rebuild”).

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