refectory

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a communal dining hall in a monastery, school, college, or other institution

   The pupils ate their evening meal together in the refectory.

Common collocations

• refectory table Noun + noun

Through Middle English refectorie from Late Latin refectorium, 'a place for refreshment,' based on Latin reficere, 'to restore or remake' (re- 'again' + facere 'make'). The room was named for the bodily restoration provided by a communal meal.

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