refectory

Definition

A dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery.

Etymology

Via Middle English refectori from Late Latin refectorium, from Latin reficere (“to remake, to rebuild”).

Example Sentences

• "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."