fratry
Americannoun
plural
fratriesEtymology
Origin of fratry
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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Norwich is much indebted to monachism for many charitable institutions, among which, are the free Grammar School, before mentioned, which was originally kept in the fratry of a suppressed convent of friars; but afterwards the charnel house was appropriated to that use, the houses of the chaplains being fitted up for the Master, and the chaple for the school-room.
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Beneath the fratry is a very fine Decorated crypt, with a groined roof.
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The late Mr. Street very carefully restored the fratry in 1880, and it is now used as a chapter-house, library, and choir-school.
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Near the fratry, to the south-west, is the prior's lodging, which, having been enlarged, is now the Deanery.
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West of the dormitory, and parallel with the nave, was the fratry; adjoining the east end of which, and stretching to the south-east, were the domestic offices.
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