Refectory
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A refectory is a dining room, especially in monasteries, boarding schools and academic institutions. One of the places the term is most often used today is in graduate seminaries. The name derives fro
The refectory of the Convent of Christ in Tomar, Portugal
Summer Refectory in the Grand Masters' Palace, Malbork Castle
Refectory of the Convent of Santo Domingo, Quito.
Trapezna (refectory church) at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
Cafeteria
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A cafeteria, sometimes called a canteen outside North America, is a type of food service location in which there is no waiting staff table service. Cafeterias are different from coffeehouses, although
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…in the kitchen. As well as continued use of the historic monastic meaning, the word refectory is often used in a modern context to refer to a café or cafeteria that is open to the public—including non-worshipers such as tourists—attached to a cathedral or abbey. This usage is particularly prevalent in Church…
A corporate office's cafeteria in Bengaluru, India, December 2003.
Hospital cafeteria tray line server in Port Charlotte, Florida
Childs Restaurant circa 1908 Philadelphia, PA
Two men in a canteen at a rest centre in England, 1944