friary

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fri=ar=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

friary, a. [From Friar, n.].

 Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.  Camden.  [1913 Webster]

friary, n. [OF. frerie, frairie, fr. frère. See Friar.].

•  A monastery; a convent of friars.  Drugdale.  [1913 Webster]
•  The institution or practices of friars.  Fuller.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

friary, n. (pl. -ies) a convent of friars.

ROGET THESAURUS

friary

Temple

N temple, place of worship, house of God, house of prayer, temple, cathedral, minster, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse, bethel, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane, holy place, chantry, oratory, synagogue, mosque, marabout, pantheon, pagoda, joss house, dogobah, tope, kiosk, kiack, masjid, parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe, Vatican, bishop's palace, Lambeth, altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum, sacristy, sacrarium, communion table, holy table, Lord's table, table of the Lord, pyx, baptistery, font, piscina, stoup, aumbry, sedile, reredos, rood loft, rood screen, chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher, stall, pew, pulpit, ambo, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis, credence, baldachin, baldacchino, apse, belfry, chapter house, presbytery, anxious-bench, anxious-seat, diaconicum, jube, mourner's bench, mourner's seat, cloisters, churchyard, monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister, claustral, cloistered, monastic, monasterial, conventual, ne vile fano, there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple.