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fri⋅ar⋅y

[frahy-uh-ree]
–noun, plural -ar⋅ies.
1. a monastery of friars, esp. those of a mendicant order.
2. a brotherhood of friars.

Origin:
1300–50; late ME freyry, frayry, ME frari < AF, OF frairie, frarie; see friar, -y 3
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fri·ar·y   (frī'ə-rē)   
n.   pl. fri·ar·ies
A monastery of friars.
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