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Recent Examples of friary
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.
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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
Experts say the ruins may be from the friary of St. Saviours, which was founded by a Dominican order of monks in about 1256, but its exact location had always been a mystery.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
Archaeologists from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit excavate the remains of friars buried in the grounds of the former Augustinian friary in central Cambridge.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2022
Put simply, the worms were much more common among the residents of the Augustinian friary.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2022
The remains of a person buried in the Augustinian friary.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2022
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
Experts say the ruins may be from the friary of St. Saviours, which was founded by a Dominican order of monks in about 1256, but its exact location had always been a mystery.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
Archaeologists from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit excavate the remains of friars buried in the grounds of the former Augustinian friary in central Cambridge.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2022
Put simply, the worms were much more common among the residents of the Augustinian friary.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2022
The remains of a person buried in the Augustinian friary.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for friary
Noun
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Then one day, Moses the Black is struck with the horror of it all and joins a desert monastery, where he's eventually killed by another group of bandits.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Which explains why Lochlan is keen to stay in the monastery’s insulating cocoon.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The latter was particularly restorative, as was the Negroni No. 2 at Le Bar, in the cloister, which adds beets and strawberries to the classic recipe.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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When the breeze flows through the cloisters, the kites float, showing off their gravity-defying nature.—
Diana Budds,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Using the abbey as an observation post with gun emplacements near its foundation and in the surrounding cliffs, the Germans command the narrow mountain passes of Route 6—the road to Rome.—
Catherine Musemeche,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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In Melk, guests can see the frescoes of the Benedictine abbey or remain onboard for an Austrian cookie tasting.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Friary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friary. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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