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friary

[frahy-uh-ree] / ˈfraɪ ə ri /




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Most of the dead were buried in town cemeteries or plague pits such as one on Bene't Street next to the former friary.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

The city council and University of Leicester archaeologists excavated the site which had been a friary until its demolition in 1538.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2023

They also collected similar samples from 25 nonmonastic skeletons interred around the same time at a rural parish around a kilometer away from the friary ruins.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 18, 2022

Mr. McCarrick, who has never been criminally charged, has been living in an undisclosed location since leaving a Capuchin friary in Kansas in January.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2020

The minister little knew the wonderful gifts of this pale young stranger, with the beautiful, sad face, and sent him to a humble friary on the top of a steep, rocky mountain.

From Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light by Barclay, Vera C. (Vera Charlesworth)