FRIARY


Meaning of FRIARY in English

/fruy"euh ree/ , n. , pl. friaries .

1. a monastery of friars, esp. those of a mendicant order.

2. a brotherhood of friars.

[ 1300-50; late ME freyry, frayry, ME frari frairie, frarie; see FRIAR, -Y 3 ]

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