cenacle

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When only eighteen he was introduced into the Romantic 'cenacle' at Nodier's.

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  1. noun A clique or circle, especially of writers.
  2. noun A small dining room, usually on an upper floor.

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  • When only eighteen he was introduced into the Romantic 'cenacle' at Nodier's. —  The French Immortals Series — Complete
  • The lives of these persons revolve with the regularity of clockwork in an orbit of use and wont which admits of no more deviation or change than their opinions on matters religious, political, moral, or literary If a stranger is admitted to the /cenacle/, every member of it in turn will say (not without a trace of irony), "You will not find the brilliancy of your Parisian society here," and proceed forthwith to criticise the life led by his neighbors, as if he himself were an exception who had striven, and vainly striven, to enlighten the rest. —  The Deserted Woman
  • Romantic 'cenacle' at Nodier's. —  The French Immortals Series — Complete
  • His house became their cenacle. —  The Jealousies of a Country Town
  • His brothers of the _cenacle_! —  Lost Illusions
 

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  1. French cénacle, from Old French cenacle, the room where the Last Supper took place, from Latin cēnāculum, dining room, garret, from cēna, meal; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots. Sense 2 Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cēnāculum.

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  1. Latin cenaculum, a dining-room, usually in the upper story, hence an upper room; < cena, dinner.
 

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/ˈsɛnəkl/
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