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▪ I. friary, n.|ˈfraɪərɪ| [f. friar n. + -y2; see the earlier frary.] 1. A convent of friars.
1538Latimer Let. to Cromwell 6 Oct., Rem. (Parker Soc.) 403 If the kings grace..would vouchsafe to bestow the two friaries, Black and Grey, with their appurtenance, upon this his poor, ancient city. a1659Cleveland Wks. (1687) 217 Not a poor loop-hole, Error could sneak by, No not the Abbess to the Friery. 1759B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 156 Near Guildford is the Friery. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 122 The remains of an old friary. 1884Catholic Times 10 Oct. 4/8 The foundation-stone of the new Friary..the first of the kind established since the Reformation. 2. A fraternity or brotherhood of friars.
1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 423 A Friery or Brotherhood founded by Raph Hosiar. 1697Lond. Gaz. No. 3312/3 A Bill for Suppressing Fryeries was presented this day to the House of Lords. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. II. 216 He proposed also to found a convent, to be dedicated to the poorest friary in the Kingdom. †3. The institution or practices of friars. Obs.
1655Fuller Ch. Hist. vi. 272 When John Milverton..began (in favour of Friery) furiously to engage against Bishops and the Secular Clergy. a1661― Worthies iv. (1662) 9 A Secular Priest, betwixt whose Profession and Fryery, there was an ancient Antipathy. 4. attrib. (of or pertaining to a friary or friaries), as friary-cart, friary-chapel, friary-church.
1598Stow Surv. 357 This was called the frery cart..and had the priueledge of sanctuary. 1774Warton Hist. Eng. Poet. I. ix. 293 It was fashionable for persons of the highest rank to bequeath their bodies to be buried in the friary churches. 1872Daily News 22 May, The Friary Chapel, where the ceremony was to be held. ▪ II. † ˈfriary, a. Obs. [f. friar n. + -y1.] Of or pertaining to the friars.
1589Cooper Admon. 224 Hypocrites..which will haue these preceptes perpetuall, and builde thereon frierie and monkish superstition. 1605Camden Rem. (1636) 165 Francis Cornefield..invented to signifie his name, Saint Francis with his Friery kowle in a cornefield. |