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Refectory
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<p>A refectory (also frater, frater house, fratery) is a <a href="/facts/Dining_room/0KtXVhgo">dining room</a>, especially in <a href="/facts/Monastery/t8MRXpsM">monasteries</a>, <a href="/facts/Boarding_school/qsf6E4Ms">boarding schools</a> and academic institutions. One of the places the term is most often used today is in graduate <a href="/facts/Seminary/nuSQmQpq">seminaries</a>. The name derives from the Latin <i>reficere</i> "to remake or restore," via <a href="/facts/Late_Latin/Ju8RH1es">Late Latin</a> <i>refectorium</i>, which means "a place one goes to be restored" (<i>cf.</i> "restaurant"). </p>