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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Friary

Frĭ'a-ry, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. frerie, frairie, from frère. See FRIAR and FRERE.]

  1. A monastery; a convent of friars. Dugdale.
  2. The institution or practices of friars; monkery. Fuller.

Frī'a-ry, a.

adjective

a. Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.