friary

From friar (“brother”) in a religious order, from Latin frater (“brother”), from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹaɪəɹi/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəɹi
• Rhymes: -aɪ.əɹi

friary (plural friaries)

1. house or dwelling where friars or members of certain religious communities live
   • 2015, Pope Francis I, Laudato Si': Encyclical Letter on care for our common home:

     For this reason, Francis asked that part of the friary garden always be left untouched, so that wild flowers and herbs could grow there, and those who saw them could raise their minds to God, the Creator of such beauty.

• Witham Friary

• friar

• convent
• monastery

friary (comparative more friary, superlative most friary)

1. Like a friar; relating to friars or to a convent.
   • 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:

     Saint Francis with his Friery kowle in a corne-field.

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