Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
friary .
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Examples
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The whole way from the palace to the friery was strown with green rushes, and the walls were hung with tapestry, as was the Friers 'church in which the ceremony was performed.
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822
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A little farther is another turning into this friery, where the Anabaptifts have a burying place and a meeting-houfe, the weftern walls of which, toward the river, have much the* appearance of an old chapel:
A Walk in and about the City of Canterbury: With Many Observations Not Hitherto Described in Any ... 1779
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