Refectory
[rɪ'fekt(ə)rɪ] or [rɪ'fɛktri]
Definition
(n.) A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents.
Inputed by Jules
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Refreshment room.
Inputed by Effie
Examples
- Thanks being returned for what we had not got, and a second hymn chanted, the refectory was evacuated for the schoolroom. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And it is now well-nigh the fitting time to summon the brethren to breakfast in the refectory--Ah! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- As I said before, I was sitting near the stove, let into the wall beneath the refectory and the carré, and thus sufficing to heat both apartments. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I see, said he, thou dreamest already that our men-at-arms are in thy refectory and thy ale-vaults. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- By instinct I shunned the refectory, and shaped my course to Madame's sitting-room: I burst in. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Seth