friary
noun
a monastery of friars, especially those of a mendicant order.
friaries
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pluralof friary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Many friaries were even outfitted with running water systems—a luxury absent from even aristocratic households of the time—to allow the friars to wash their hands.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 18, 2022
The friars proved extremely obstinate, and Henry sent commissioners to seek out and suppress all those friaries that refused to submit.
From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe
I replied that I had heard that all the friaries had been broken up and the brothers dismissed; whereupon he sighed, and said it was too true.
From Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society by Thomas Herbert Darlow
Lord Cork reported that "he had set up two houses of correction in dissolved friaries, in which the beggarly youths are taught trades."
From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 2 by James MacCaffrey
As examples of English friaries, the Dominican house at Norwich, and those of the Dominicans and Franciscans at Gloucester, may be mentioned.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
