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friary

friary

1 9.3
A building where religious men called friars live and work
  • noun
  • /ˈfraɪəri/
translation icon : friario
  • The friars gathered for their evening meal in the friary dining hall.
  • Franciscan friary
  • Dominican friary
  • St. Joseph's friary

Well, then maybe a, a week or so later, I was at a, a, another Friary out that way to give a talk to the deacons of my region.

Examples

  • The Vita fratrum provided the individual members of the Basel friary with a language to define and express their religious identity.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The documents are in the Diocesan Record Office, The Friary, Lichfield, and in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, University of York.

    Academic text (1996)
  • If I wasn't going to continue in the Friary, it was necessary to have some kind of diploma.

    Blog text (15)
  • The Dominican master general thus had to reform the friary to prevent scandals.

    Academic text (2018)
  • On one trip, the two were returning to the friary from Perugia on a cold, wet, wintry afternoon.

    Blog text (26)
  • A third sign was that God clearly had showered the Basel friary with grace since the holy church council had embraced it to discuss matters of faith.

    Academic text (2018)
  • In 1429, he had entered the Basel friary as one of the twelve Observants who were ordered to implement the reform.

    Academic text (2018)
  • By then, the Basel friary had become a reform community of international renown, attracting friars from Bohemia, Denmark, and Barcelona.

    Academic text (2018)
  • After a long day of work, the friars returned to their friary to reflect in silence.

  • Visitors are welcome to tour the historic friary and learn about its rich heritage.

Synonyms

monastery
vsfriary
108 6.0

A building where monks live, work, and pray together

is a similar residence but for a different specific religious community rather than monks
abbey
vsfriary
81 6.5

A large building where monks or nuns live and worship

is similar but applies to a different religious community instead of monks
convent
vsfriary
64 5.6

A building where nuns live and pray together

is a similar residence but for a different male religious community not nuns
nunnery
vsfriary
12 8.1

A building where religious women live and work

is a similar residence but serves a different male religious community not nuns
priory
vsfriary
7 9.9

A building where monks or nuns live and pray

is the same type but serves a different religious community rather than monks
6.4

A place where people live apart to focus on religion, like a monastery or convent

is a more specific residence used by a particular religious community rather than monks

How Big

cathedral
6.6
abbey
81 6.5
monastery
108 6.0
friary
1 9.3
chapel
114 2.8
hermitage
10 9.9

Surface Forms

friary singular
friaries plural

Morphology

friary = friar (transparent) = friar + y

The word is formed from 'friar' with a place-forming suffix, meaning a residence of friars; this is directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

Friary comes from friar (a religious 'brother') plus the ending -ary that means 'a place for'. So a friary is simply the place where friars live and work.