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means A building or community where friars live together under their religious order's rule.

from From 'friar,' which traveled through Old French 'frere' from Latin 'frater' meaning brother — the same root behind 'fraternal' and 'fraternity.' The '-y' ending marks the place, same pattern as 'monastery' from 'monk.' Friars emerged in the 13th century as a deliberate break from monks: instead of withdrawing behind monastery walls, orders like the Franciscans and Dominicans wanted brothers out among ordinary people, preaching and begging for alms. So a friary, fittingly, was never built to be a fortress of isolation — just a home base for brothers who kept going back outside.