as in monastery
a residence for men under religious vows the Franciscans left the chapel and went to the friary for rest

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Recent Examples of friary At the friary, everyone would pray and eat together. Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025 According to the complaint, Ray — who was not an Augustinian — was allowed to live at an Augustinian friary in Chicago from 2000 to 2002. Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025 When in town, Prevost would often visit with him and other Augustinian brothers at the friary at Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox, where Roccasalva used to live and work. Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025 Ray was moved out of the friary in 2002 and eventually left the priesthood. Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025 The Vatican has reportedly denied that the new pope approved Ray to move to the friary, Newsweek reports. Kc Baker, People.com, 9 May 2025 The Vatican has reportedly denied Prevost authorized Ray's arrangements for the friary. Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025 Historical records indicated the king was buried in Grey Friars after the Battle of Bosworth, but the friary’s exact location—and, by extension, that of Richard’s grave—was lost during the English Reformation in the mid-16th century. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023 Of the friary’s ecclesiastical past little remained. Catherine Nicholson, The New York Review of Books, 1 June 2023
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Noun
  • The Pannonhalma Archabbey in Hungary is a Benedictine monastery that is working to save books from drugstore beetles, according to The Associated Press (AP).
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
  • The military did not immediately comment on the incident at the monastery, which is located about 20 miles northwest of Mandalay, the country's second largest city.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • An evening welcome ceremony for the wedding was held June 26 in the cloisters of Madonna dell'Orto, a medieval church in the central area of Cannaregio.
    Carlie Procell, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • Today, more than 30 venues across Avignon and the surrounding region—ranging from chapels and cloisters to gardens, quarries, and gymnasiums—host over 400 events, including performances, debates, readings, screenings, and public talks.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • Matrix by Lauren Groff Currents of violence and devotion coalesce around Marie de France, a 17-year-old sent to be the new prioress of a 12th-century English abbey.
    Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 7 July 2025
  • Tours of the abbey conclude with a tasting, where the estate’s Kerner often stands out - bright, mineral, and unmistakably shaped by the altitude and soils of this part of the valley.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025

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“Friary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friary. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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