MEANING
A building or community occupied by friars.
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Words that belong together
- abandoned friary
- medieval friary
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The abandoned friary stood just beyond the market wall.
A medieval friary had supplied the stone for the later houses.
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- friary
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular friary; plural friaries. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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