noun
- light meals or refreshments
Usage: formal; somewhat archaic
Examples
- The monastery provided simple refections for the traveling pilgrims.
- After the long meeting, light refections were served in the conference room.
- The hotel offered afternoon refections in the garden pavilion.
- Guests enjoyed modest refections between the ceremony and dinner.
- The retreat center served healthy refections throughout the day.
- Traditional refections included bread, cheese, and fruit.