refectoriann.
/ˌriːfɛkˈtɔːrɪən/, U.S. /ˌriˌfɛkˈtɔriən/ = refectioner n.
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1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 376 At St. Croix, the Refectorian [Fr. Refecteur] of the Dominicans was beaten dead.
1679 Tryals & Condemnation Jesuits 57 I was a servant there... A Refectorian, a Butler.
1853 Life Blessed Paul of Cross (1860) ii. ii. 233 During that time the refectorian had orders to put only a morsel of bread at his cover, for his meals.
1869 Echo 16 Feb. 5/3 I had given directions to the refectorian..because she was so difficult to please in her food.
1905 J. S. Fletcher Threshing-floor vii. 47 The three great presses, stoutly clamped with iron, wherein the plate, linen, salt-cellars, and table requirements had been kept by the refectorian and his assistants.
1998 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bulletin (Nexis) 25 Mar. 4 c Sister Amirault spent..36 years at Sacred Heart Convent... During her years of service to her community, she served as refectorian, cook and housekeeper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1660- to fetch and carry
- to fetch around
- to fetch at the doors of
- to fetch away
- to fetch down
- to fetch far or higher
- to fetch get into the wake of
- to fetch get the wake of
- to fetch have the wake of
- to fetch headway or sternway
- to fetch in
- to fetch law of
- to fetch of, upon
- to fetch off
- to fetch one's birr
- to fetch one's course
- to fetch one's feeze
- to fetch or take feeze
- to fetch or take one's feeze
- to fetch out
- to fetch over
- to fetch round
- to fetch the farm
- to fetch the pump
- to fetch the wake of