refectory
食堂
解説 Definition
修道院、学校、大学などの施設における共有の食事をする場所。特に修道院コミュニティの食堂として用いられる伝統的な建築空間。
A refectory is a dining hall, especially in a school, monastery, or other institution where people eat together. The word is formal and is mainly used for shared eating spaces in traditional or organized settings.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
refectory は cafeteria や dining hall よりも古風で、修道院・学校・大学などの施設内にある『みんなで食べる食堂』を指す語。覚えるときは re- を recover / refresh 系の感覚、-ory を laboratory のような『場所』の語尾として押さえると、食事で力を回復する場所というイメージで残りやすい。monastery, school, college, communal meal などの文脈で出やすく、restaurant のような商業的な店ではない点に注意。
`Refectory` is not just any place to eat; it is a traditional shared dining room in places like schools, colleges, or monasteries. The ending `-ory` often appears in place words such as `laboratory`, so it helps to treat `refectory` as a "place" word. Remember it with old institutional settings, not with restaurants or cafes.
例文
The monks gathered in the refectory for their evening meal.
僧侶たちは夜の食事のために食堂に集まった。
The college refectory serves hundreds of students each day.
カレッジの食堂は毎日何百人もの学生に食事を提供している。
He read aloud in the refectory during dinner.
彼は夕食中に食堂で朗読した。
refectory の類義語・関連語
refectory の語源・成り立ち Etymology
refectory は中世ラテン語 refectorium に由来し、元の reficere は re-「再び」＋facere「作る」で「回復させる」が原義です。effect や factory も facere と同系で、食堂が「食べて力を作り直す場所」だと分かると意味がぐっと腑に落ちます。
Refectory comes from Medieval Latin refectorium, a dining hall, from reficere meaning "to restore" or "make again." That Latin verb combines re- "again" with facere "to make or do," the same root found in effect and factory. The meaning grew from restoring strength to the place where people eat and recover their energy.
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