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
This arrangement is frequent in Ireland, where the numerous small friaries afford admirable exemplifications of these peculiarities of ground-plan.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The Carmelite friars seem to have flourished especially in England, where at the dissolution of the monasteries there were some 40 friaries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
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
