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  • noun Plural form of friary.

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Examples

  • Since the word is derived from fraters, their dwelling places are properly called friaries or fraternities.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Since the word is derived from fraters, their dwelling places are properly called friaries or fraternities.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Since the word is derived from fraters, their dwelling places are properly called friaries or fraternities.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Since the word is derived from fraters, their dwelling places are properly called friaries or fraternities.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • He also explains why the government closed down the friaries of the mendicant Dominicans and Franciscans--there was no money there because the friars were indeed living in poverty according to their rules--since the friars were preachers and teachers, urging the people to devotion and tradition.

    Archive 2009-05-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • He also explains why the government closed down the friaries of the mendicant Dominicans and Franciscans--there was no money there because the friars were indeed living in poverty according to their rules--since the friars were preachers and teachers, urging the people to devotion and tradition.

    The Last Divine Office elena maria vidal 2009

  • He was not quite so lucky with the friaries; they went with the Reformation.

    Worcester Pilgrim 2008

  • As Ockham would put it: Monks and nuns usually live in abbeys and friars in friaries, though some are in priories.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • As Ockham would put it: Monks and nuns usually live in abbeys and friars in friaries, though some are in priories.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • As Ockham would put it: Monks and nuns usually live in abbeys and friars in friaries, though some are in priories.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

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