Refectory
A refectory (also frater, frater house, fratery) is a dining room, especially in monasteries, boarding schools and academic institutions. One of the places the term is most often used today is in graduate seminaries. The name derives from the Latin reficere "to remake or restore," via Late Latin refectorium, which means "a place one goes to be restored" (cf. "restaurant").
Refectories and monastic culture
The
Size, structure, and placement
Refectories vary in size and dimension, based primarily on wealth and size of the monastery, as well as when the room was built. They share certain design features. Monks eat at long benches; important officials sit at raised benches at one end of the hall. A lavabo, or large basin for hand-washing, usually stands outside the refectory.
Tradition also fixes other factors. In England, the refectory is generally built on an
Eastern Orthodox
In
Modern usage
As well as continued use of the historic monastic meaning, the word refectory is often used in a modern context to refer to a
Many
See also
References
- ^ "The Refectory Restaurant and Coffee Shop". Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
- ^ "Sharpe Refectory,(the Ratty)". Brown Dining Services. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "Catherine Burrow Refectory". Dining at Rhodes. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/media/pressreleases/2019/0114.html access date October 1, 2021
- ^ https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/media/pressreleases/2021/refectory-to-reopen-under-new-operating-group.html access date October 1, 2021
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