refectory

• The insurgents in the refectory were then summoned to surrender, and, having exhausted their ammunition, they complied, on the solemn promise of Mustapha that their lives should be spared; but, having handed out their rifles, they were all immediately killed. —  The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II
• This portion was rebuilt by Dean Sudbury between 1661 and 1684 and converted into a library, and such it remains to-day Near the refectory is the kitchen, built by Prior Fossor. —  Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See
• Every head was bowed reverently as he passed, and Virgil whispered to his guest: "That is HOMER, the Father and King of poets At the end of the refectory was a dais with a table at which Homer took his seat, while another long table stretched down the middle of the hall; but Astulf saw with surprise that three places were laid on the upper board, though the King was apparently to sit there alone. —  Holiday Stories for Young People
• The insurgents in the refectory were then summoned to surrender, and, having exhausted their ammunition, they complied, on the solemn promise of Mustapha that their lives should be spared; but, having handed out their rifles, they were all immediately killed One of the Egyptian officers--an Italian colonel--told me many incidents of the fight, of a sufficiently horrible nature, but he said that he saw things which were too horrible to be repeated. —  The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II
• Over the refectory was the dormitory, which contained 40 cells; and under the crumbling steps leading to it is the porter's lodge. —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 343, November 29, 1828

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