fratery
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin frater (“brother”) + -y. Compare Italian frateria (“a brotherhood of monks”). See friar.
Noun[edit]
fratery (plural frateries)
- A frater house; an apartment in a convent used as a dining room.
References[edit]
- “fratery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.