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noun
- the room where the Last Supper took place.
noun
- a supper room, esp one on an upper floor
- (capital) the room in which the Last Supper took place
c.1400, from Old French cenacle, variant of cenaille (14c., Modern French cénacle), from Latin cenaculum “dining room,” from cena “mid-day meal, afternoon meal,” literally “portion of food,” from PIE *kert-sna-, from root *(s)ker- “to cut” (see shear (v.)). Latin cenaculum was used in the Vulgate for the “upper room” where the Last Supper was eaten.