† refectionaryadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of or relating to refection.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > relating to refreshment
refectionary1823
refectorial1843
1823 J. Galt Entail I. vii. 48 As the critics hold it indelicate to describe the details of any refectionary supply, however elegant, we must not presume to enumerate the series and succession of Scottish fare.
1852 G. Armstrong Jrnl. 24 July in R. Henderson Mem. Late Rev. George Armstrong (1859) ii. iii. 207 We were not sure where to find the ranger's cottage, which was to be the baiting-place for our horses and the point d'appui for our own refectionary operations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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