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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 1 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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REFECTORY (med. See also:Lat. refectorium, from reficere, to refresh)  , the See also:hall of a monastery, See also:convent, &c., where the religious took their See also:chief meals together . There frequently was a sort of See also:ambo, approached by steps, from which to read the legends sanctorum, &c., during meals . The See also:refectory was generally situated by the See also:side of the S. See also:cloister, so as to be removed from the See also:church bi.It contiguous to the See also:kitchen; sometimes it was divided down the centre into two aisles, as at Fountains See also:Abbey in See also:England, Mont St See also:Michel in See also:France and at See also:Villiers in See also:Belgium, and into three aisles as in St See also:Mary's, See also:York, and the Bernardines, See also:Paris . The refectory of St See also:Martin-See also:des-Champs in Paris is in two aisles, and is now utilized as the library of the Ecole des Arts et Metiers . Its See also:wall See also:pulpit, with an arcaded See also:staircase in the thickness of the wall, is still in perfect preservation .

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