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Noun:

चायख़ाना, काफीहाउस,

refectory's Usage Examples:

It was not, however, until the 5th of June that the case of Huss came up for hearing; the meeting, which was an exceptionally full one, took place in the refectory of the Franciscan cloister.

In the Cistercian monasteries, to keep the noise and smell of dinner still farther away from the sacred building, the refectory was built north and south, at right angles to the axis of the church.

He was, therefore, appropriately lodged in the immediate vicinity of the refectory and kitchen, and close to the guest-hall.

refectory; 3.

refectory, dormitory, 'c., and a church or chapel on one side, placed back to back.

The immense refectory, of the same cruciform shape as that of St Laura, will accommodate 500 guests at its 24 marble tables.

Outside the refectory door, in the cloister, was the lavatory, where the monks washed their hands at dinner-time.

The gatehouse is restored as a residence, and the Early English refectory as a church.

They took their chief meal in a common refectory at 3 P.M., up to which hour they usually fasted.

The hall of the Middle Temple is an admirable example of a refectory of later date (1572).

refectory's Meaning':

a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery