Example sentences for: refectory

How can you use “refectory” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Even without Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece in the adjoining refectory, the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie (Via Caradosso, southwest of the Castello) would be worth a visit as a jewel of Renaissance architecture.

  • “I'll be staying at the refectory [rectory] at” could surely be “at the church in” since only church mice and Quasimodo stay in the edifice itself, or “in St. Botolph's parish,” as no one literally stays overnight in either a mere geographical area or a spiritual community.

  • His celebrated Annunciation faces the top of the stairs — compare the simpler version in cell 3 — while other outstanding works include the mystic Transfiguration in cell 6 and Jesus Mocked in cell 7. In the small refectory is the important Ghirlandaio mural of the Last Supper, a subject traditionally found in monastic dining rooms.

  • Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper (Cenacolo) has been lovingly resuscitated in the little Dominican refectory to the left of the church.

  • Botticelli is buried in a chapel (right transept), his St. Augustine adorning the church, while in the refectory in the adjoining cloister, you’ll find Ghirlandaio’s Last Supper.


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