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 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 In the 1960s and 1970s, in advance of a plan to expand a local road, a team of archaeologists in Coventry excavated the grounds of what had once been a Carmelite friary, founded in 1342 just inside the walls of the medieval city. Catherine Nicholson, The New York Review of Books, 1 June 2023 While Langley hoped to find the king’s grave, the University of Leicester Archaeological Services was more interested in locating Grey Friars, the Franciscan friary where Richard was reportedly buried. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
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  • Though not a terrible story idea for a climactic event around which to build the series’ climax, the set-up is rushed and doesn’t include Yeon-joo, who is at her monastery home for much of the competition.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 11 June 2025
  • The 1,500-year-old monastery, nestled deep in the forested mountains of central China’s Henan province, is known for Zen Buddhism and the Chinese martial art of kung fu.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
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  • The church of St Francis is also worth visiting for the peaceful cloister with graceful Gothic arches and creeping greenery.
    Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • With stone walls, vaulted ceilings, and Renaissance cloister, Parador is a prime example of Gothic architecture.
    Carlsen Jes, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2025
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  • Or take another boat (there is not a boat that goes to both islands on a round trip) to the smaller island of Saint-Honorat, to an abbey founded by a hermit in 410CE, when monks owned most of Cannes.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Since then, he’s injected his flair into Venetian jewels like Abbazia San Gregorio, a former Benedictine abbey and the home of Diane von Furstenburg in Palazzo Brandolini-Giustinian.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 May 2025

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“Friary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friary. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.

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