cenatory
English
Etymology
From Latin cenatorius, from cenare (“to dine, sup”), from cena, coena (“dinner, supper”).
Adjective
cenatory (not comparable)
- Of or relating to dinner (the evening meal) or supper.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- The Romans washed, were anointed, and wore a cenatory garment.
Further reading
- “cenatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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