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refectory

dining room, especially in monasteries, boarding schools, and academic institutions
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refectory

Summary

refectory ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,006 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • refectory is a type of monastic dependency[2].
  • refectory is a type of dining room[3].
  • refectory is a type of hall[4].
  • refectory is part of monastery[5].
  • refectory is part of christian monastery[6].
  • refectory is part of Roman Catholic monastery[7].
  • refectory's Commons category is recorded as Refectories[8].
  • refectory's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • refectory's different from is recorded as Q16548818[10].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include monastic dependency[2], dining room[3], and hall[4].

Use and Application

Part of include monastery[5], a type of building[11]; christian monastery[6]; and Roman Catholic monastery[7].

Why It Matters

refectory ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,006 views/month).[1] refectory has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] refectory is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → monastic dependency, dining room, hall
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Different from → Q16548818
    Part of → monastery, christian monastery, Roman Catholic monastery
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q296737, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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