friary
Mendicant order's home
A friary is a residence for friars—members of certain Roman Catholic religious orders such as Franciscans, Dominicans, or Carmelites.
Unlike monks who live in monasteries and remain cloistered, friars traditionally move about preaching and serving communities, though their friary serves as a home base: The old friary has been converted into a museum.
Monastic house of worship
- prioryLesser monastic house
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- hermitageSecluded religious dwelling
charterhouse · novitiate · cloister · retreat · enclosure · foundation · province · motherhouse
Covered monastic walkway
- refectoryInstitutional dining room
- dormitoryStudent living building
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
- chapelSmall worship room
chapterhouse · quadrangle · gatehouse · infirmary · sacristy · cell · garth · vestry
Mutual goodwill among companions
- communityCollective of connected people
- solidarityUnity among allies
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
brethren · companionship · unity · bond · kinship · mendicant · capuchin · brotherhood
Address to deity
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- solitudeState of being alone
reflection · stillness · retreat · devotion · discipline · asceticism · fasting · vigil
Cloistered religious devotee
- brotherMale with shared parents
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- priorExisting before another
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
habit · vows · tonsure · rosary · vespers · liturgy · mass · breviary
Process of improving institutions
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
illumination · reliquary · vestments · ruins · archaeology · antiquity · preservation · heritage
abbey
Monastic house of worship
hermitage · charterhouse · novitiate · cloister · retreat · enclosure · foundation · province · motherhouse · chapter
cloister
Covered monastic walkway
- refectoryInstitutional dining room
- dormitoryStudent living building
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
chapel · chapterhouse · quadrangle · gatehouse · infirmary · sacristy · cell · garth · vestry · ambulatory
fellowship
Mutual goodwill among companions
- communityCollective of connected people
- solidarityUnity among allies
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
order · brethren · companionship · unity · bond · kinship · mendicant · capuchin · brotherhood
prayer
Address to deity
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- silenceTotal lack of sound
solitude · reflection · stillness · retreat · devotion · discipline · asceticism · fasting · vigil · quietude
monk
Cloistered religious devotee
guardian · habit · vows · tonsure · rosary · vespers · liturgy · mass · breviary · matins
reformation
Process of improving institutions
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
manuscripts · illumination · reliquary · vestments · ruins · archaeology · antiquity · preservation · heritage · crusades
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- religious buildingsabbey, ashram, basilica, chapel, convent
- sacred buildingschurch, temple, mosque, cathedral, chapel
- sacred placestemple complex, basilica, abbey, church, chapel
- retreatsspa, retreat house, meditation retreat, writing retreat, wellness retreat
- monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister
friarycommercial building
Structure for business purposes
tavern · brothel · marketplace
- Friar TuckMerry Men's chaplain
- Friar LawrenceRobed romantic meddler
- Grey FriarFranciscan monk or friar