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Example sentences for "friary"

Lexicographically close words:
fri; friable; friar; friaries; friars; fribble; fribbles; fricandeau; fricassee; fricasseed
  1. The hollows of Friary Court were pools where birds were splashing.

  2. But, my son," objects the Warden, "what will the Friary do without the example of your devotion and your service?

  3. At the door of the Friary built upon the land of his forefathers the Count Angelo knocked humbly as a beggar.

  4. Even the Friary seemed to lie at an infinite distance, and the prayers which he had promised to offer for it were more in word than in desire.

  5. By reason of these things his face fell away into a dolorous sadness, and the fame of his afflictions spread through the Friary and to other houses where the little brothers of St. Francis were assembled.

  6. At this Fra Angelo was astonished and confused, for these songs had not been heard in the Friary since many years, and it seemed as if some foreign brother must have come from France with strange customs.

  7. The vice and villainy, however, which the friary called forth still cling to the district.

  8. The friary has long since disappeared, the Mount has been levelled, and the locality built over.

  9. It would have been bad enough in the village lads and the farm labourers' boys; but in the young gentlemen of the Friary it is outrageous.

  10. I wish I'd studied the big one at the Friary more.

  11. To bind O'Connor faster, he was allowed to preserve the friary at Sligo, in which his ancestors were buried, substituting secular canons for Dominicans, a condition which was probably never fulfilled.

  12. The friary and church were razed to the ground, and once again the urn containing the head of our Saint was buried for safety in a secret place.

  13. John left the Assembly fully acquitted, and availing himself of the choice of residence that Bonaventure courteously extended to him, withdrew to the friary at Greccio.

  14. The former cultus was once more revived; the friary and church rose from their ruins and the shrine of St. Bonaventure regained its old-time splendour.

  15. We know authoritatively that it was in the novitiate of the Roman Province St. Bonaventure received the habit, but the name of the friary has not come down to us.

  16. A search was then instituted through the friary and its grounds, and finally the Huguenots succeeded in discovering the body.

  17. The Augustinian Friary in Cambridge and the History of its Site (C.

  18. For other pictures of the house see Cranage and Stokes, The Augustinian Friary in Cambridge (C.

  19. But one evening when he had come down to have his evening meal with his companions, in the little friary near by, he was taken very ill, and his pain was so great that he could no longer sit upright.

  20. The minister little knew the wonderful gifts of this pale young stranger, with the beautiful, sad face, and sent him to a humble friary on the top of a steep, rocky mountain.

  21. At one time this friary owned between six and seven hundred books.

  22. Of few of the friary libraries have we definite knowledge of their size and character.

  23. The latter chief received certain monastic lands rent free, especially stipulating for the friary at Carrickfergus, where his ancestors were buried.

  24. Grey has himself recorded his proceedings at the Franciscan friary of Killeigh, whence he carried off the organ, the glass windows, and other valuable things.

  25. The church of Austin Friars, originally belonging to a friary founded in 1253, became a Dutch church under a grant of Edward VI.

  26. Fragments of friaries are left in many of our large towns: of their general arrangements much can be seen at the Dominican friary in Bristol and in the ruins of the Austin friary at Clare and the Carmelite friary at Hulne.

  27. The church of the Austin friars in London is still a place of worship: the quire of the Dominican friary at Brecon is the chapel of Christ college.

  28. Although the general plan of a friary was similar to that of a monastery, the lives of monks and friars were totally different.

  29. Some remains of a Friary in Tan-yard, and Barracks.

  30. The monks' church would be of stone, and probably was very like the present Friary Church.

  31. He built the two houses, the friary for the lay brethren and the monastery for the monks.

  32. Sidenote: 1518] Another Augustinian, Henry of Zütphen, made his friary at Dordrecht the center of a Lutheran movement.

  33. Most houses had only one or two rooms heated, sometimes, as in the case of the Augustinian friary at Wittenberg, only the bathroom, but usually also the living room.

  34. In a moment he realized that Nan Challoner of the Friary was a very different person from Nan Challoner of Glen Cottage, the cousin of Sir Henry Challoner.

  35. Of course it is very sad leaving dear Glen Cottage, where we have spent such happy, happy days; but, though the Friary is small, we shall make it very comfortable.

  36. He would call at the Friary again and see Mrs. Challoner, and find out more of this strange matter; but as to talking it over with Mattie, he quite shrugged his shoulders as he swung open the green door.

  37. It was shortly after this that he came into the Friary one evening and electrified his cousins by two pieces of news.

  38. The next few days were weary ones to Mrs. Challoner: there was still much to be done before the Friary could be pronounced in order.

  39. Just before they started Phillis observed rather shortly that she should call at the White House to make inquiries after Mrs. Cheyne, and that she would came back to the Friary to fetch Nan for a country walk.

  40. Why, the Friary is that shabby little cottage just above us,--not a stone's throw from this house.

  41. And again she thought the name of Friary was well given to this gruesome cottage; but she cheered up when Phillis opened cupboards and showed her a light little scullery, and thought that perhaps they could make it comfortable for Dorothy.

  42. Who was that sandy-headed young fellow who had been twice to the Friary that day.

  43. When we are settled at the Friary we must look round us and do the best we can.

  44. There was great excitement at the Friary on the next day.

  45. Indeed and you will do no such thing, Miss Challoner; and there is Joseph going down with the papers to Mr. Drummond's, and will leave it at the Friary as he passes.

  46. He was at Oxford when [thorn]e friary was dissolved[1875].

  47. Walter Goodfield= was warden shortly before 1513; as warden he leased one of [thorn]e friary gardens to Ric.

  48. During his ministry, [thorn]e friary at Oxford was greatly enlarged[1266].

  49. The chancel of the friary church was appropriated to the use of this seminary, and is still dedicated to the same purpose.

  50. The church belonging to the friary was completed in the reign of Richard II.

  51. Well, you walked in country over there, avoiding Friary and town--if one can call that clump of mud, pebble and thatch a town!

  52. We followed to Friary Gate and saw them enter.

  53. The river heard and the bridge and Saint Leofric’s Mount and the Friary and Prior Hugh.

  54. The instincts of the man began to fight with the feelings of the religious, and at last he left the friary in order to fulfil the duty which he thought he owed to his child.

  55. Roma sent a letter to the Superior of the Franciscans at the Friary of Ara C[oe]li asking that the little figure of the infant Christ, which is said to restore the sick, should be sent to her aunt, who was near to death.

  56. In connection with the history of the Austin Friars the fact that the church of the friary still exists is one of great interest.

  57. The memory of the friary is kept alive in the name of the street that marks its site.

  58. At the dissolution a large portion of the friary was given to Lord St. John, afterwards Marquis of Winchester and Lord Treasurer.

  59. Ground-plans of the Dominican Friary at Norwich, the Carmelite Friary at Hulne and the Franciscan Friary at Kilconnel, may be found in Walcott's "Church and Conventual Arrangement.

  60. The Augustinian Friary was between Lendal and the river.

  61. Duke of Gloucester, resided at the Austin Friary in York.

  62. A Carmelite Friary in Hungate, opposite the Castle, seems, from the few odd fragments of stone that remain, to have had fine buildings.


  63. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "friary" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.