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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 an individual buried in an Augustinian friary, excavated in 2016 on the University of Cambridge's New Museums site.
—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 an individual buried in an Augustinian friary, excavated in 2016 on the University of Cambridge's New Museums site.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for friary
Noun
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In the 1920s, the monastery was bought by William Randolph Hearst (of the famed publishing family) and dismantled and shipped piece by piece to America.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2025
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In its center lies the ancient inscription written in Greek, a language that was widely used in the region at the time the monastery was constructed, particularly in religious and administrative contexts.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The cloister lies just below the Hohensalzburg Palace which towers over Salzburg.—
Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, contributor,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Dec. 2024
Noun
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For a more country experience, there is the historic abbey, San Pietro in Valle, located between Spoleto and the Marmore Falls.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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Situating them in a real abbey, Rabelais marshaled them as evidence of hypocrisy.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Friary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friary. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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