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† ˈfrary Obs.
Also 5 fray-, freyry; and see friary.
[a. OF. frairie, frerie, f. frere brother.]
1. A brotherhood, fraternity.
13..Seynt Katerine in Leg. Kath. (1840) 196 He hath me to his frari cald That schal be bot of mi bale. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems 171 Swiche a frary requyrithe Goddis curs. c1450Cuckold's Dance 215 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 47 We be all off a freyry; I ame your awne brother. a1500Mankind (Brandl) 45/144 Þe numbur of þe demonycall frayry. 1505Will of T. Prowde (Somerset Ho.), I bequeth to seynt Chadde frary.
2. = friary.
1556Chron. Gr. Friars (Camden) 40 All their qwarters..was burryd at Pardone church yerde in the frary.
attrib.1514Grant in Wright Prov. Dict. s.v. Frary, My frary clark. |