The eating or refreshment room of a monastery; a refectory.

A room used for communal meals or refreshment, esp. in an educational or religious institution. Also in extended use.

= refectory, n. 1.

= fratry, n.1

= frater, n.1

In English colleges, etc.: The large room in which the members and students dine in common.

= refectory, n.

Chiefly in French contexts: a refectory; a communal dining room or canteen.