cenaclen.
/ˈsɛnək(ə)l/ a. A supping room; an upper chamber; esp. the upper room in which the Last Supper was held, and in which the apostles met after the Ascension.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > dining-room
parlourc1384
cenaclea1400
triclinec1440
dining room?1576
dining hall1598
eating-room1613
triclinium1646
supper rooma1661
coffee-room1712
breakfast-room1732
salle-à-manger1762
mess-room1774
refreshment room1785
breakfast-parlour1802
noon-hall1828
dinner room1853
Speisesaal1871
diner1907
dinette1920
breakfast-nook1931
brunch bar1940
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > dining room
cenaclea1400
triclinec1440
parlour1526
dining room?1576
dining hall1598
eating-room1613
triclinium1646
supper rooma1661
coffee-room1712
salle-à-manger1762
mess-room1774
sala1774
noon-hall1828
dinner room1853
Speisesaal1871
diner1907
dinette1920
a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 17 In Hierusalem were gaderyd xij opynly To the Cenacle.
1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 328/3 A fayr Cenacle honestly arayed with al maner of deyntes.
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) iii. xix. 322 b/2 Danyell the prophete..was thre tymes in the cenacle and prayed god deuoutly.
1858 F. Faber tr. D. Bartoli & J. P. Maffei Life Xavier 220 A new tongue..added to the many ancient ones which..had first found expression in the Cenacle of Judea.
b. A place in which a group of people meet for the discussion of common interests; also, the group of people so meeting, spec. a literary clique. Also in French form cénacle (senakl).
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > place for
speech-housec1050
palaver-court1735
palaver-room1735
palaver house1789
baraza1863
cenacle1889
conference table1928
table1946
rap centre1969
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > a coterie or clique
junto1659
cabal1660
Cabbala1671
club1682
clique1711
galère1756
click1813
coterie1827
cenacle1889
magic circle1924
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 676/1 The famous cénacle or clique in which Hugo was chief poet, Sainte-Beuve chief critic.]
1889 H. F. Wood Englishman Rue Caïn xiii The pundit of some cenacle in Garrick Street.
1899 A. C. Lyall Asiatic Stud. 2nd Ser. 61 Within the philosophic cenacle I should entirely concur.
1926 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 85 In England and France schools and ‘cénacles’ of literature sprang up round the great writer of the moment.
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