friary

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The Last Supper has stood majestically still on the walls of a Milanese friary, the only disturbance the slow flaking of its priceless paint, "writes Peter Greenaway, the iconoclastic British filmmaker, has been granted permission to wheel in projectors and bring to life the hidden stories he sees in the masterpiece."

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  1. noun A monastery of friars.

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  • The chapel of the Dominican friary in Oxford is just a few doors down from the famous Bird and Baby pub where the Inklings met. —  Standing on My Head
  • Otherwise the grim reminder at the capuchin friary of the human cost of this recession will become more and more widespread. —  Irish Blogs
  • The Last Supper has stood majestically still on the walls of a Milanese friary, the only disturbance the slow flaking of its priceless paint, "writes Peter Greenaway, the iconoclastic British filmmaker, has been granted permission to wheel in projectors and bring to life the hidden stories he sees in the masterpiece." —  GreenCine Daily
  • The church and friary are framed by flawless lawns accented with flower, herb and butterfly gardens. —  Berks county news
  • Like thousands of homes, the 15th Century Santa Lucia friary was destroyed. —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
 

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  1. Formerly also friery, fryery; modern form, accommodation to friar, of Middle English frary, from Old French frarie, French frairie = Italian fratria, from Middle Latin fratria, a fraternity: see frary.
 

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/ˈfraɪəri/
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