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fratery

fratery noun: a frater house; an apartment in a convent used as a dining room.

Noun

fratery (plural frateries)

  1. A frater house; an apartment in a convent used as a dining room.

Forms of fratery

pluralfrateries
alternative formfratry

Origin of fratery

Apparently from frater + -y. Compare Italian frateria (“a brotherhood of monks”). See friar. Piecewise doublet of friary.

Questions about fratery

What does fratery mean?
Fratery means a frater house; an apartment in a convent used as a dining room.
What part of speech is fratery?
Fratery is a noun.
What is the plural of fratery?
The plural of fratery is frateries.

Words near fratery in the dictionary

  1. fraternizer
  2. fraternizers
  3. fraternizes
  4. fraternizing
  5. fraters
  6. fratery
  7. frathole
  8. fratholes
  9. frathouse
  10. frathouses
  11. frati

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