refectories

Monastery eating rooms

Refectories is the plural of refectory, a dining hall in an institution—especially a monastery, convent, or university.

The word carries associations of communal meals in religious or academic settings: The monks gathered in the refectory for their evening meal.

The college refectory served hundreds of students daily.

architectural

vaulted

Curved overhead, or leaped

medievalOf the Middle Ages
stoneSolid earth fragment
archedCurved overhead

wooden benches · pulpit · Romanesque · lavabo · fountain · ambulatory · narthex · colonnade · apse · clerestory

monastic

monastery

Religious seclusion dwelling

abbeyMonastic house of worship
cloisterCovered monastic walkway
friarsMendicant religious order members

monks · nuns · convent · Benedictine · communal meals · silence · prior · vespers · habit · scriptorium

academic

college

Higher education institution

universityHigher education institution
dining hallCommunal eating space
OxfordHistoric English university town

Cambridge · Hogwarts · high table · dons · fellows · students · boarding school · commons · gown · grace

Categories

food industryrestaurants, eateries, fast food, cafeterias, catering
monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister
monasteriesabbey, abbeys, abbot, abbots, abbess
nunsnun, nuns, sister, sisters, convent
churchesBaptist church, Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Baptist churches, Lutheran Church
Catholic OrdersFranciscans, Dominicans, Jesuits, Benedictines, Carmelites

Opposites

dining venue type

refectoriesVIP lounges

Premium hospitality areas

private suites · private clubs · banquet halls

privacy and exclusivity

refectorieshermitages

Isolated religious dwellings

architectural function

refectoriescells

Basic biological units

dormitories · chapels · cloisters · scriptoriums · chapter houses

Family

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G