All 4 Uses of
refectory
in
Jane Eyre
- The refectory was a great, low-ceiled, gloomy room; on two long tables smoked basins of something hot, which, however, to my dismay, sent forth an odour far from inviting.†
p. 54.7
- Thanks being returned for what we had not got, and a second hymn chanted, the refectory was evacuated for the schoolroom.†
p. 55.5 *
- The odour which now filled the refectory was scarcely more appetising than that which had regaled our nostrils at breakfast: the dinner was served in two huge tin-plated vessels, whence rose a strong steam redolent of rancid fat.†
p. 61.4
- Ere the half-hour ended, five o'clock struck; school was dismissed, and all were gone into the refectory to tea.†
p. 81.1
Definition:
a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)