friary

[ frahy-uh-ree ]

/ ˈfraɪ ə ri /

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noun, plural fri·ar·ies.

a monastery of friars, especially those of a mendicant order.

a brotherhood of friars.

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Origin of friary

1300–50; late Middle English freyry, frayry,Middle English frari<Anglo-French, Old French frairie, frarie;see friar, -y³

Words nearby friary

Friar Minor Conventual, Friar Preacher, friar's balsam, friar's lantern, Friar Tuck, friary, frib, fribble, Fribourg, fricandeau, fricando

How to use friary in a sentence

A search was then instituted through the friary and its grounds, and finally the Huguenots succeeded in discovering the body.
Saint Bonaventure|Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M.
At a short distance west, a residence occupying part of the site, are remains of a Carmelite friary, founded here in 1240.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1|Various
It occurred in the chief house of the Friary, then a district declining fast in respectability.
Old and New London|Walter Thornbury
No; he stayed just as humble and retiring as he was in the days when he used to wash dishes in the mountain friary.
Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light|Vera C. Barclay

Huts of mud and timber, as mean as the huts around them, rose within the rough fence and ditch that bounded the Friary.
History of the English People, Volume II (of 8)|John Richard Green

British Dictionary definitions for friary

friary

/ (ˈfraɪərɪ) /

noun plural -aries

Christianity a convent or house of friars

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