fratery

== English == === Alternative forms === fratry === Etymology === Apparently from frater +‎ -y. Compare Italian frateria (“a brotherhood of monks”). See friar. Piecewise doublet of friary. === Noun === fratery (plural frateries) 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