Accessibility

Font Size

100% 150% 200%

Background Colour

Default Contrast
Close Reset

FRIARY

Back to search

A religious house occupied by men of mendicant religious orders (friars).

Classifications

Related Terms

Term Note
ABBEY The buildings of a monastic community presided over by an abbot or abbess.
ALMONRY A building adjacent to a monastery where alms were distributed to the poor
CATHEDRAL The principal church of a diocese in which the cathedra or bishop's throne is to be found.
CHAPTER HOUSE The building attached to a cathedral or collegiate church where the dean, prebendaries or monks and canons met for the transaction of business.
GATEHOUSE A gateway with one or more chambers over the entrance arch; the flanking towers housing stairs and additional rooms. Use with wider site type where known.
GUEST HALL A residence for guests, usually part of a religious house.
MONASTERY A complex of buildings inhabited by a community of men living in seclusion under religious vows.
NUNNERY A complex of buildings inhabited by a community of women, such as nuns or canonesses, living in seclusion under religious vows.
PRECEPTORY A manor or estate owned and run by an order of knights and governed by a preceptor.
PRIORY A lesser monastery headed by a prior, often linked to a cathedral or dependent on a mother house.
REFECTORY A communal dining room, especially in schools, colleges and monasteries.

Heritagedata.org: Linked Data resource