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REFECTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does refection mean?
• REFECTION (noun)
The noun REFECTION has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: REFECTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A light meal or repast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("refection" is a kind of...):
Context examples
“It is the refection, madam,” said he.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You will see that he hath refection, and such a purse of gold as may defray his charges, for indeed it is great honor to any court to have within it so noble and gentle a cavalier.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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