refection
[noun]
Synonyms: meal, chow, feed, nosh, repast

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refection noun. [rɪ'fɛkʃ(ǝ)n] ME.
[Old & mod. French réfection from Latin refectio(n-), formed as REFECT: see -ION.]
1. a. The action of refreshing a person or of being refreshed; refreshment with food or drink after hunger or fatigue; comfort or revivification through spiritual or intellectual influence. Also, an instance of this. Now formal or literary. ME.
■ R. Brathwait God is the true food and refection of our minds.
b. Entertainment with food and drink; the official demanding or supplying of such entertainment. Now Hist. E17.

2. An occasion of partaking of food; a (light) meal; a portion of food or drink. Now formal or literary. LME.
■ J. Carlyle A miserable refection of weak tea and tough toast.

3. Repair, restoration. rare. LME.

4. The eating of semi-digested faecal pellets, esp. by rabbits. M20.

■ refectioner noun the person in charge of the refectory and food supplies in a monastery or convent E19.

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