refectionern.
/rᵻˈfɛkʃn̩ə/, U.S. /rəˈfɛkʃənər/, /riˈfɛkʃənər/ Now chiefly historical.
The person in charge of the refectory and food supplies in a monastery, convent, etc.
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a1810 B. C. Roberts Note on Oseney Abbey in Lett. & Misc. Papers (1814) 136 The Refectioner laid out the plates, spoons, &c. and was to provide every thing wanted in the Refectory.
1820 W. Scott Monastery II. ii*. 77 Two most important officers of the Convent, the Kitchener and Refectioner.
1886 Athenæum 13 Mar. 361/3 The documents..include..two accounts of the infirmarer and one of the refectioner.
1949 Nashua (New Hampsh.) Tel. 19 Apr. 3/3 Walter Francis Evans..refectioner.
2004 Oxf. Dict. National Biogr. (Electronic ed.) at Scarning, Roger of The church of St Etheldreda was transferred to the refectioner when that official took over the supply of linen for the refectory.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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