refection

noun
/ɹɪˈfɛkʃən/

Etymology

From French réfection, from Latin refectiōnem, accusative singular of refectiō (“recovery, refection”), from reficiō (“restore, renew”).

  1. derived from refectiōnem
  2. derived from réfection

Definitions

  1. Mental or spiritual refreshment.

  2. Physical refreshment, especially with food or drink.

    • For beſide the common way and road of reception by the root, there may be a refection and imbibition from without; For gentle ſhowrs refreſh plants, though they enter not their roots; [...]
  3. A meal, especially a light meal.

    • [T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA