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/ɹɪˈfɛkt(ə)ɹi/ · noun
A dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery..
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.
With a clattering of chairs, upended shell cases, benches, and ottomans, Pirate's mob gather at the shores of the great refectory table, a southern island well across a tropic or two from chill Croydon.
Use refectory when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Refectory means A dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery..
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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.
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