friary

[ frahy-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural fri·ar·ies.

1. a monastery of friars, especially those of a mendicant order.
2. a brotherhood of friars.

friary

/ ˈfraɪərɪ /

noun

1. Christianity a convent or house of friars

Word History and Origins

Origin of friary¹

1300–50; late Middle English freyry, frayry, Middle English frari < Anglo-French, Old French frairie, frarie; friar, -y ³

Example Sentences

A search was then instituted through the friary and its grounds, and finally the Huguenots succeeded in discovering the body.

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At a short distance west, a residence occupying part of the site, are remains of a Carmelite friary, founded here in 1240.

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It occurred in the chief house of the Friary, then a district declining fast in respectability.

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No; he stayed just as humble and retiring as he was in the days when he used to wash dishes in the mountain friary.

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Huts of mud and timber, as mean as the huts around them, rose within the rough fence and ditch that bounded the Friary.

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