Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A clique or circle, especially of writers.
- noun A small dining room, usually on an upper floor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dining-room; specifically, the room in which the Last Supper was eaten.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
dining room , especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place) - noun by extension a small circle or gathering of specialists (writers etc); a
clique
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And today, St. Peter's Square is like a "cenacle" open to heaven, filled with the faithful, many of whom are members of Italian Catholic Action, whom I will address after the Marian prayer of the Regina Caeli.
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And today, St. Peter's Square is like a "cenacle" open to heaven, filled with the faithful, many of whom are members of Italian Catholic Action, whom I will address after the Marian prayer of the Regina Caeli.
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When only eighteen he was introduced into the Romantic 'cenacle' at Nodier's.
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Complete Alfred de Musset 1833
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Several days before their wedding, Gianna wrote to Pietro, reflecting on their vocation to marriage: With God's help and blessing, we will do all we can to make our new family a little cenacle where Jesus will reign over all our affections, desires and actions ....
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Several days before their wedding, Gianna wrote to Pietro, reflecting on their vocation to marriage: With God's help and blessing, we will do all we can to make our new family a little cenacle where Jesus will reign over all our affections, desires and actions ....
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Standing in this hallowed place, alongside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which marks the site where our crucified Lord rose from the dead for all humanity, and near the cenacle, where on the day of Pentecost "they were all together in one place" Acts 2:1, who could not feel impelled to bring the fullness of goodwill, sound scholarship and spiritual desire to our ecumenical endeavors?
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After the Ascension the first disciples remain together in the cenacle around the Mother of Jesus in fervent expectation of the gift of the Holy Spirit promised by Jesus cf.
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After the Ascension the first disciples remain together in the cenacle around the Mother of Jesus in fervent expectation of the gift of the Holy Spirit promised by Jesus cf.
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This community found itself gathered together again in the same place, the cenacle, on the morning of the Jewish feast of Pentecost, a feast of the covenant, in which there was commemorated the event on Sinai where, through Moses, God proposed that Israel be his property among all the nations, to be a sign of his holiness cf.
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The insistence on the chronological date of the two appearances shows the Evangelist John's intention to present Jesus' meeting with his followers in the cenacle as a prototype of the Church's Sunday assembly.
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whichbe commented on the word cenacle
Room where the Last Supper was eaten. (from Phrontistery)
May 25, 2008
mercy commented on the word cenacle
A clique or coterie, especially of writers.
June 28, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word cenacle
—where sparrows splash
a generation of fine mercers trained to be
the only hosts a prim cénacle knew—
—Peter Porter, 'Dragons in their Pleasant Palaces', in the volume of the same name
This would have looked more familiar in the English spelling without the accent, but the use of the French form is unexpected.
March 29, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word cenacle
"Living words of experience, officialdom laid bare, toothless mouths accustomed to chewing furtive speech in rage at a ghetto of words with its rules and laws, at the foundation of a cenacle in need of a Judas."
Talismano by Abdelwahab Meddeb, translated by Jane Kuntz, p 75 of the Dalkey Archive Press paperback
September 23, 2011
qms commented on the word cenacle
Brainstorming should be ecumenical.
Diversity’s brew is alchemical;
It needs lively minds
Of varying kinds
Assembled with drinks in a cenacle.
February 24, 2019