cenacle

[ sen-uh-kuhl ]

noun
  1. the room where the Last Supper took place.

Origin of cenacle

1
1375–1425; late Middle English <French cénacle<Latin cēnāculum top story, attic (originally, presumably, dining room), equivalent to cēnā(re) to dine (derivative of cēna dinner) + -culum-cle2

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How to use cenacle in a sentence

  • He had studied with Liszt, although he was not a favorite of the master nor in his cenacle of worshipping pupils.

    Melomaniacs | James Huneker
  • The painter was never seen till dinner-time, and his evenings were spent at the cenacle among his friends.

    The Two Brothers | Honore de Balzac
  • She allowed John to escort her past the three crosses, along the way which He had trodden, back to the cenacle.

    Mater Christi | Mother St. Paul
  • When only eighteen he was introduced into the Romantic 'cenacle' at Nodier's.

    Child of a Century, Complete | Alfred de Musset

British Dictionary definitions for cenacle

cenacle

coenacle

/ (ˈsɛnəkəl) /


noun
  1. a supper room, esp one on an upper floor

  2. (capital) the room in which the Last Supper took place

Origin of cenacle

1
C14: from Old French, from Late Latin cēnāculum, from cēna supper

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