fratery

English

Alternative forms

• fratry

Etymology

From Latin frater (“brother”) + -y. Compare Italian frateria (“a brotherhood of monks”). See friar.

Noun

fratery (plural frateries)

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

References

• “fratery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Raftery