An archaic or obsolete term, possibly relating to a monastery or religious house, or a variant of 'friary.'
Likely a variant or corruption of 'friary' (a monastery of friars) from Middle English, related to Old French 'frairie' and Latin 'fraternitas' (brotherhood).
This word almost certainly comes from 'friary,' but the spelling variation shows how medieval scribes sometimes created completely different-looking words that meant almost the same thing—'frary' fell out of use while 'friary' survived.
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