refectory
pronunciation
How to pronounce refectory in British English:
UK [rɪˈfektri]
How to pronounce refectory in American English:
US [rɪˈfɛktəri]
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- Noun:
- a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)
Word Origin
- refectory (n.)
- "dining hall," especially one in a monastery, early 15c., from Medieval Latin refectorium, from past participle stem of reficere "to remake, restore," from re- (see re-) + facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
Example
- 1. Beautiful courtyard behind the refectory .
- 2. If you want to work in the kitchen of the refectory , you will be judged on how you clean lettuce .
- 3. Even my dream was full of money in those days , but the money was actually not rmb ( chinese yuan ) , but the meal tickets of refectory .
- 4. The workshop made its name in 2007 with a facsimile of veronese 's giant painting " the wedding at cana " , which has been placed in its original location , the palladian refectory of the church of san giorgio maggiore in venice .