fratery

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounfratery (plural frateries)

plural frateries · alternative fratry

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
frater house

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Raftery
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APA

fratery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fratery

MLA

“fratery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fratery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fratery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fratery.

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