refectory
noun/rɪˈfektəri/
/rɪˈfektəri/
(plural refectories)
- a large room in which meals are served, especially in a religious institution and in some schools and colleges in the UKWord Originlate Middle English: from late Latin refectorium, from Latin reficere ‘refresh, renew’, from re- ‘back’ + facere ‘make’.
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