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cena·cle (sen′i kəl)

noun

  1. the room in which Jesus and his disciples ate the Last Supper
  2. a coterie, as of writers

Etymology: Fr cénacle < L cenaculum, dining room < cena, dinner < OL cesnas < IE *(s)kert- < base *(s)ker-, to cut > shear, short

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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