Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A monastery of friars.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A convent of friars; a monastery.
- noun The system of forming into brotherhoods of friars; the practices of friars; monkery.
- Pertaining to friars, or to a friary: as, “a friary cowl,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A monastery; a convent of friars.
- noun The institution or practices of friars.
- adjective obsolete Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun house or dwelling where
friars or members of certain religious communities live
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a monastery of friars
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Great Yarmouth Mercury reports here that a former furniture store, merchant's residence, pipe maker's shop, and Carmelite friary is once again being renovated and the workers have found it haunted.
The Haunted Friary John 2008
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The friary was an old brick building wedged between boarded tenements.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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The friary was an old brick building wedged between boarded tenements.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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The friary was an old brick building wedged between boarded tenements.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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They had separate rooms in the friary but one telephone extension that rang into both, Peace recalled.
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They had separate rooms in the friary but one telephone extension that rang into both, Peace recalled.
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They had separate rooms in the friary but one telephone extension that rang into both, Peace recalled.
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They had separate rooms in the friary but one telephone extension that rang into both, Peace recalled.
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They had separate rooms in the friary but one telephone extension that rang into both, Peace recalled.
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They had separate rooms in the friary but one telephone extension that rang into both, Peace recalled.
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