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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