refectory

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What is the purpose of a room called a refectory?

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2023

There, in the abbey’s refectory, the colors of the 16th-century “Last Supper” fresco by Andrea del Sarto are still bright, unlike those of Leonardo’s famous “Last Supper” in Milan.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

The painting, in oil on canvas, was commissioned by her own convent of Santa Caterina; once completed, it was hung on the nuns’ refectory wall.

From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2019

Another Jesuit, Father Michael O'Sullivan, met him briefly in the refectory one evening during that visit.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2018

Sunday mornings in the refectory, they sit quietly in a sunbeam and Werner helps him with his schoolwork.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr