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noun
A dining room, especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A small circle or gathering of specialists (writers etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Synonyms: circle, clique
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History
From Middle English cenacle, from Old French cenacle (modern French cénacle), from Latin cēnāculum (“dining room”).
