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refectory

/ɹɪˈfɛkt(ə)ɹi/

refectory noun: a dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery.

refectory: a dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery
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Noun

refectory (plural refectories)

  1. A dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery.
    • t was like a train going in and out of tunnels and that was like the noise of the boys eating in the refectory when you opened and closed the flaps of the ears.1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC
    • They compare very well with similar cafes elsewhere and the quality, for example, is far better and the price cheaper than in my college refectory.1964 April, “Letters: London stations—a consumers' guide”, in Modern Railways, page 274

refectory meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

refectory in Urdu

طعام گاہ

refectory in Bengali

ভোজনশালা

refectory in Malayalam

ഊട്ടുപുര, ഭക്ഷണശാല, ലഘുഭക്ഷണശാല

refectory in Kannada

ಊಟದ ಮನೆ, ಭೋಜನಶಾಲೆ, ಭೋಜನಗೃಹ

Forms of refectory

pluralrefectories

Origin of refectory

Via Middle English refectori from Late Latin refectorium, from Latin reficere (“to remake, to rebuild”).

Words formed from refectory

Phrases with refectory

Questions about refectory

What does refectory mean?
Refectory means a dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery.
What is refectory in Urdu?
Refectory in Urdu is طعام گاہ. See Refectory meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is refectory?
Refectory is a noun.
How do you pronounce refectory?
Refectory is pronounced /ɹɪˈfɛkt(ə)ɹi/.
What is the plural of refectory?
The plural of refectory is refectories.

Words near refectory in the dictionary

  1. refectorers
  2. refectorial
  3. refectorian
  4. refectorians
  5. refectories
  6. refectory
  7. refectory table
  8. refectory tables
  9. refects
  10. refed
  11. refederalization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: refectory (page history and authors); refectory (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refectory (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refectory (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refectory (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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