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refectory

/rɪˈfɛktəri/

Translations

refectorynoun

refectories

/rɪˈfɛktəri/

The students gathered in the refectory for lunch after their morning classes.

Les étudiants se sont réunis dans le réfectoire pour déjeuner après leurs cours du matin.

Synonyms

dining hall

mess hall

eating area

refectoryadjective

/rɪˈfɛktəri/

Used attributively (e.g. "refectory table"), therefore treated as relational adjective.

Additional translations

réfectorialPeu usité ; s’emploie pour qualifier ce qui est relatif à un réfectoire.

refectorynoun

A room used for communal meals, especially in an educational or religious institution.

The students gathered in the refectory for lunch after their morning classes.

A dining hall in a monastery, convent, or other religious house.

Silence was expected in the refectory of the abbey.

refectoryadjective

Relating to or intended for use in a refectory (communal dining room).

The refectory tables were made of heavy oak.