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REFECTION
refection
(noun) a light meal or repast
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
refection (countable and uncountable, plural refections)
Mental or spiritual refreshment.
Physical refreshment, especially with food or drink.
A meal, especially a light meal.
Synonym: repast
Source: Wiktionary
Re*fec"tion (r*fk"shn), n. Etym: [L. refectio: cf. F. réfection. See Refect, Fact.]
Definition: Refreshment after hunger or fatique; a repast; a lunch. [His] feeble spirit inly felt refection. Spenser. Those Attic nights, and those refections of the gods. Curran.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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