Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a monastery of friars;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Friary \Fri"ar*y\, a. [From Friar, n.]
Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent. [Obs.]
--Camden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Friary \Fri"ar*y\, n. [OF. frerie, frairie, fr. fr[`e]re. See
Friar.]
1. A monastery; a convent of friars. --Drugdale.
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2. The institution or practices of friars. --Fuller.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
friary
n 1: a monastery of friars