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friary::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | monastery |
Examples of friary
friary
Later Lucy left one night for a local Franciscan friary, only to find it closed.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Like a cancerous tumor left to fester, the friary degenerated from the inside out.
From the dailyherald.com
Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter grew up visiting a local friary in Vermont.
From the denverpost.com
It is the only medieval friary in Britain to survive our turbulent history intact.
From the edp24.co.uk
We don't know the whereabouts of any of the friary buildings at the moment.
From the independent.co.uk
When they learn they've been disinherited in favor of a friary, their plotting beings.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The friary dedicated to St John the Baptist was an intrinsic part of the city's life.
From the edp24.co.uk
He's digging for medieval tools in the fields around an abandoned friary.
From the cnn.com
In the marshes, on the Blakeney to Cley coastal walk, are the remains of another friary.
From the edp24.co.uk
- A monastery of friars
- Monastery (plural: monasteries) denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer (e.g. an oratory) as well as the domestic quarters and workplace(s) of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone (hermits).
- The Friary is a small hamlet outside the English village of Freshford, about south of Bath, Somerset. Although closer to Freshford it lies within the parish of Hinton Charterhouse.
- House or dwelling where friars or members of certain religious communities live
- The building in which the friars live. Our friary is St. Bernardine of Siena Friary. Back to glossary terms.
- A building for particular religious members of the Roman Catholic church
