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friary Definition

fri·ary (frīər ē)

noun pl. -·ar·ies

  1. a house of friars
  2. a brotherhood of friars

friary Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: The old boro at Twt Hill had had a Dominican friary, some of whose buildings still survive but on private land.
  • found: There he taught church history in a seminary, and founded a Franciscan friary, which soon had over 700 members.
  • build: The area was known as Friernhay, after eight Franciscan monks built a friary in the early 13th-century.

Adjective modifier

  • Franciscan: The original Greyfriars was a Franciscan friary, now long gone.
  • Augustinian: Cinque Ports Pottery enjoys the most atmospheric of settings in an Augustinian friary founded in 1379 and commonly known as the Monastery.
  • Dominican: In Norwich, a large area was cleared for the foundation of the town's second Dominican friary in the 14th century.
  • Carmelite: The palace was replaced by a Carmelite Friary in the 14th century.
  • old: It consisted of two sides of the old friary in an L shape, named Bedford Square.
  • original: The original friary was founded in 1338 ( no one knows the story of how it came to be known as The Priory ).

Modifies a noun

  • church: Machine work at the very beginning uncovered parts of the friary church, only centimeters below modern ground level.
  • building: Taking the Priory into the 21st century has been a major conservation project and much still remains of the original Friary buildings.
  • complex: This discovery helps to establish the area occupied by the friary complex.

Noun used with modifier

  • century: Inverkeithing Museum is housed in the upper floor of a wonderful 14th century friary guest house, standing amidst well tended gardens.

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