How to pronounce refectory
American English pronunciation
rih-FEK-tuh-ree
- IPA
- /ɹɪˈfɛktəɹi/
- Syllables
- rih · FEK · tuh · ree (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What refectory means
A big dining hall, as in a college or boarding school
In a sentence: At noon the students lined up with their trays in the long stone refectory.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin refectorium, from a verb meaning to remake or restore.
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