fratry
[ frey-tree ]
Origin of fratry
1First recorded in 1530–40
Words Nearby fratry
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How to use fratry in a sentence
Beneath the fratry is a very fine Decorated crypt, with a groined roof.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King EleyThe late Mr. Street very carefully restored the fratry in 1880, and it is now used as a chapter-house, library, and choir-school.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King EleyThe refectory, sometimes called the fratry or frater-house, was the common hall for all conventual meals.
English Monastic Life | Abbot GasquetIn 1764 these screens were removed and stored in the fratry crypt as lumber.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King EleyThe refectory, or fratry, was rebuilt in the fifteenth century, and is now used as a chapter-house.
The Cathedrals of Great Britain | P. H. Ditchfield
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