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Recent Examples of friary
The Franciscan friary of the basilica, Sacro Convento, noted in a statement that the event comes nearly 800 years after his death.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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
Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for friary
Noun
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Matcha soon spread through Zen monasteries, where it was believed to generate greater enlightenment than long hours of meditation.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
7 Jan. 2026
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Long, arched hallways lead to the guest rooms, restaurants, castle-like lounge spaces, and even an ancient cloister from the former monastery.—
Hannah Chubb,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But the most compelling aspect of these eight episodes, set a year after Industry sold off the Pierpoint bank that once employed most of its characters and scattered them to London’s various elite cloisters, is the sense that money has never really been the point of the show.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2026
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Long, arched hallways lead to the guest rooms, restaurants, castle-like lounge spaces, and even an ancient cloister from the former monastery.—
Hannah Chubb,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Pilgrims are drawn to the ancient abbey to honor the legacy of Edward the Confessor, whose Shrine is at the heart of the abbey, and the Henry VII Lady Chapel is the burial site of 15 Kings and Queens, including Elizabeth I, Mary I and Mary Queen of Scots.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
23 Dec. 2025
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Before the church authorities moved the nuns into care almost two years ago, the local abbey and Archdiocese of Salzburg acquired the convent.—
Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
1 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Friary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friary. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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