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单词 cenacle
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Definition of cenacle in English:

cenacle

noun ˈsɛnək(ə)lˈsenək(ə)l
  • 1formal A group of people such as a discussion group or literary clique.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We gather a few times a year with other cenacles in our geographic region.
    • We gather in cenacles as the apostles gathered with our Lady in the Upper Room in Jerusalem awaiting the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
    • He continued, saying the Communities were called to be cenacles of prayer.
    • It is in the cenacle that the Church is born.
    • Missionary cenacles generally meet in the houses of their members, or wherever they can.
  • 2The room in which the Last Supper was held.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In his thinking, the "site, therefore, must be secure, for it has been the only candidate for the Cenacle (Coenaculum or dining hall) from primitive Christianity until today."
    • The Cenacle is divided by three pillars into three naves.
    • Franciscan monks cared for the Cenacle from 1333 to 1552 when the Turks captured Jerusalem and banished all Christians.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French cenacle, from Latin cenaculum, from cena 'dinner'.

 
 

Definition of cenacle in US English:

cenacle

nounˈsenək(ə)l
  • 1formal A group of people such as a discussion group or literary clique.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We gather a few times a year with other cenacles in our geographic region.
    • It is in the cenacle that the Church is born.
    • He continued, saying the Communities were called to be cenacles of prayer.
    • Missionary cenacles generally meet in the houses of their members, or wherever they can.
    • We gather in cenacles as the apostles gathered with our Lady in the Upper Room in Jerusalem awaiting the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
  • 2The room in which the Last Supper was held.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Franciscan monks cared for the Cenacle from 1333 to 1552 when the Turks captured Jerusalem and banished all Christians.
    • In his thinking, the "site, therefore, must be secure, for it has been the only candidate for the Cenacle (Coenaculum or dining hall) from primitive Christianity until today."
    • The Cenacle is divided by three pillars into three naves.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French cenacle, from Latin cenaculum, from cena ‘dinner’.

 
 
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