refection
Americannoun
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refreshment, especially with food or drink.
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a portion of food or drink; repast.
noun
Other Word Forms
- refective adjective
- refectorial adjective
Etymology
Origin of refection
1300–50; Middle English refeccioun < Latin refectiōn- (stem of refectiō ) restoration, equivalent to refect ( us ) ( refect ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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The jitters in stocks caused only a brief ripple in bonds with Treasury yields actually rising late last week, perhaps a refection of the tidal wave of borrowing underway.
From Reuters • Feb. 1, 2021
His words are a refection of his personal experience and the dynamics he’s established with the women in his life, including the wife he says he only recently realized he doesn’t entirely trust.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2015
This, of course, is more a refection on the market place than the idea itself, says Jon Myers.
From BBC • May 26, 2013
For three weeks prior to his dissolution, the Queen sat by his bedside, performing for him every office which a sick man could require, and depriving herself of all manner of rest and refection.
From Memoir of Queen Adelaide Consort of King William IV. by Doran, Dr. John
The Quaker, meanwhile, continued his humble refection, now and again glancing from his bread and cheese at his most noisy and demonstrative companion, who drank his brandy-and-water stalking up and down the apartment.
From The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
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