English Explanatory Dictionary

cenacle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dining room, especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place).
  2. A small circle or gathering of specialists (writers etc).

Word forms

cenacle cenacles

Etymology

From Middle English cenacle, from Old French cenacle (modern French cénacle), from Latin cēnāculum (“dining room”).

Synonyms

circle clique
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