refectory table

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Recent Examples of refectory table As many calories as this team burns, the menu here runs to a high-volume midday meal of proteins and starches served family-style at the refectory table in the back. Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2022 The seven bedrooms are augmented by snugs and drawing rooms while a pantry with a refectory table provides breakfasts, as well as private lunches and dinners on request and minibars. Sarah Turner, Forbes, 28 May 2021 The dining room table is a dark oak refectory table. Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2020 The Hotel Charleston Cartagena was once a convent; today the refectory table at the entry holds a gigantic arrangement of heliotropes and birds-of-paradise. Maureen Orth, Town & Country, 11 Jan. 2013 Petals were scattered among gigantic candlesticks on the thirty-foot linen runner covering the immense refectory table; each of us was attended by a footman dressed as a hooded monk. Maureen Orth, Town & Country, 11 Jan. 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refectory table
Noun
  • The statuesque candlesticks come in honey yellow and golden bronze, or choose the ribbed, three-wick candle for a more casual look on your coffee table.
    Alia Yee Noll, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
  • Ali is also releasing a limited-edition coffee table book featuring behind-the-scenes photographs and production materials.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The desks get pushed together and pulled apart to become cars, tea tables, dance floors.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In the end, Waggener’s good taste will set the Maybach tea table.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Hastings was appointed to Anthropic’s board by its Long Term Benefit Trust.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 May 2025
  • People are stuffing items into an empty pillowcase — then bringing this item on board for free.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025

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“Refectory table.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refectory%20table. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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