friary
Valid in Scrabble
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- 12
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/ˈfɹaɪəɹi/
Definition of friary
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A house or convent where friars (members of certain religious communities) live.
“For this reason, Francis asked that part of the friary garden always be left untouched, so that wild flowers and herbs could grow there, and those who saw them could raise their minds to God, the Creator of such beauty.”
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noun
-
A house or convent where friars (members of certain religious communities) live.
“For this reason, Francis asked that part of the friary garden always be left untouched, so that wild flowers and herbs could grow there, and those who saw them could raise their minds to God, the Creator of such beauty.”
adj
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Like a friar; relating to friars or to a convent.
“Saint Francis with his Friery kowle in a corne-field.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From friar (“brother in a religious order”) + -y (nominal suffix), from Latin frater (“brother”), from Latin. Piecewise doublet of fratery.
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