Fratery

noun

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

Synonyms

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frater house

Etymology

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

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frater house

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