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REFECTORY
A communal dining room, especially in schools, colleges and monasteries.
Classifications
Related Terms
| Term | Note |
|---|---|
| ABBEY | The buildings of a monastic community presided over by an abbot or abbess. |
| FRIARY | A religious house occupied by men of mendicant religious orders (friars). |
| NUNNERY | A complex of buildings inhabited by a community of women, such as nuns or canonesses, living in seclusion under religious vows. |
| PRIORY | A lesser monastery headed by a prior, often linked to a cathedral or dependent on a mother house. |
| RELIGIOUS HOUSE | Use only for a monastic house of unknown status, religious order and uncertain authenticity, otherwise use specific term. |
| SCHOOL | An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. |
