cenacle

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11
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15
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7

Definition of cenacle

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A dining room, especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place).
    “With Mary in the cenacle waiting for the Holy Spirit In the Acts of the Apostles after listing the names of the eleven apostles, Luke continued with these words, so precious to Christians: […]”
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noun

  1. A dining room, especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place).
    “With Mary in the cenacle waiting for the Holy Spirit In the Acts of the Apostles after listing the names of the eleven apostles, Luke continued with these words, so precious to Christians: […]”
  2. (broadly)A small circle or gathering of specialists (writers etc).
    “I remember an anecdote of a well-known French theorist, who was debating a point eagerly in his cenacle. It was objected against him that he had never experienced love.”

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Etymology

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

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