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noun
refreshment by food and drink; a light meal
After the long journey they paused for a modest refection of bread and wine.
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refectory
Etymology
From Old French refection, from Latin refectionem ('a refreshing, restoration'), from reficere ('to remake, restore'), from re- ('again') + facere ('to make, do').
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