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cenatory

cenatory adjective: of or relating to dinner (the evening meal) or supper.

Adjective

cenatory (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to dinner (the evening meal) or supper.
    • The Romans washed, were anointed, and wore a cenatory garment.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin of cenatory

From Latin cenatorius, from cenare (“to dine, sup”), from cena, coena (“dinner, supper”).

Questions about cenatory

What does cenatory mean?
Cenatory means of or relating to dinner (the evening meal) or supper.
What part of speech is cenatory?
Cenatory is an adjective.

Words near cenatory in the dictionary

  1. cenancestors
  2. cenancestral
  3. cenanthous
  4. Cenarth
  5. Cenas
  6. cenatory
  7. cencaluk
  8. cencerro
  9. cencerros
  10. Cenci
  11. Cencis

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