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cenacles

cenacles is the plural of cenacle.

Meaning of cenacle

Noun

cenacle (plural cenacles)

  1. A dining room, especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place).
    • With Mary in the cenacle waiting for the Holy Spirit In the Acts of the Apostles after listing the names of the eleven apostles, Luke continued with these words, so precious to Christians: […]1992, Raniero Cantalamessa, Mary: Mirror of the Church, Liturgical Press, →ISBN, page 143
  2. (broadly) A small circle or gathering of specialists (writers etc).
    • I remember an anecdote of a well-known French theorist, who was debating a point eagerly in his cenacle. It was objected against him that he had never experienced love.1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque
    Synonyms:
    circle, clique

Questions about cenacles

What is cenacles the plural of?
Cenacles is the plural of cenacle.

Words near cenacles in the dictionary

  1. cems
  2. CEN
  3. cen-
  4. Cena
  5. cenacle
  6. cenacles
  7. Cenade
  8. cenancestor
  9. cenancestors
  10. cenancestral
  11. cenanthous

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