refectory
noun
a dining hall in a religious house, a college, or other institution.
refectories
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pluralof refectory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Designers are conjuring all kinds of nonkitchen-y arenas, like the refectories of old boarding schools, a signature of Christopher Peacock, the English-born kitchen designer once known for his all-white offerings.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2017
The abbey was in itself a masterpiece of beauty, and the great block formed by refectories and dormitories stood at right angles to it.
From The Secret Chamber at Chad by Evelyn Everett-Green
"Would you think it good for him, as he emerged from youth to manhood, to visit refectories and billiard saloons?"
From After a Shadow and Other Stories by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Groups are getting smaller and smaller, a dozen girls with a matron in a cottage, and hundreds of girls 'farmed out' with good, responsible women, instead of enormous refectories and dormitories and schoolrooms.
From The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne by Kathleen Thompson Norris
They did not hide themselves in refectories and dormitories, but lived perpetually before the public.
From Lives of the Necromancers by William Godwin
