refectorialadj.
/ˌriːfɛkˈtɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /ˌriˌfɛkˈtɔriəl/ rare.
Of, belonging to, or relating to a refectory, or to refection.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > relating to refreshment
refectionary1823
refectorial1843
1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 54 255 Merrily the beards wagg'd round the refectorial board.
1872 Daily News 3 Aug. 3/2 The Abbots' lodging-house was for the day devoted..to refectorial purposes.
1982 REAL: Yearbk. Res. Eng. & Amer. Lit. 1 23 Some monk may have composed Beowulf for his monastic community... Read out during refectorial recreation,..the long poem may have served [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1843- selfeffacingly
- selfeffacingness
- selfeffacive
- selfefficacy
- selfelation
- selfelect
- selfelected
- selfelecting
- selfelection
- selfelective
- selfembedded
- selfembedding
- selfemployed
- selfemployment
- selfemptying
- selfend
- selfended
- selfendedness
- selfending
- selfenergy
- selfengrossed
- selfenhancing
- selfenjoying
- selfenjoyment
- selfenrichment