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friary

noun as in abbey

noun as in cloister

noun as in monastery

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A search was then instituted through the friary and its grounds, and finally the Huguenots succeeded in discovering the body.

At a short distance west, a residence occupying part of the site, are remains of a Carmelite friary, founded here in 1240.

It occurred in the chief house of the Friary, then a district declining fast in respectability.

No; he stayed just as humble and retiring as he was in the days when he used to wash dishes in the mountain friary.

Huts of mud and timber, as mean as the huts around them, rose within the rough fence and ditch that bounded the Friary.

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On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to friary, such as: nunnery, cloister, convent, ministry, monastery, and priory.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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