n. house or dwelling where friars or members of certain religious communities live
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.
n. A monastery; a convent of friars.
n. The institution or practices of friars.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A convent of friars; a monastery.
n. The system of forming into brotherhoods of friars; the practices of friars; monkery.
Pertaining to friars, or to a friary: as, “a friary cowl,”
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n. a monastery of friars
Word Usage
"The Great Yarmouth Mercury reports here that a former furniture store, merchant's residence, pipe maker's shop, and Carmelite friary is once again being renovated and the workers have found it haunted."