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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/word-of-the-day-175/
- Published: 2020-01-23T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-01-18T20:34:27.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24

The word for today is…

refectory (noun) – A room where meals are served, especially in a college or other institution.

Source : T[he Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/refectory?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : “Dining hall,” especially one in a monastery, early 15th century, from Medieval Latin refectorium, from past participle stem of reficere “to remake, restore,” from re- + combining form of facere “to make, do” (from PIE root \*dhe- “to set, put”).