friaries
- plural of friary.
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
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
But enough has been written to show the origin and growth of libraries among the religious both of the abbeys and the friaries.
From Old English Libraries by Savage, Ernest Albert
He devoted his energies to training up lecturers who should go to the Franciscan friaries in the chief towns in England and Wales and teach friars and clergy the art of popular preaching.
From Mediæval Wales Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures by Little, A. G. (Andrew George)
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
