Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fratery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fratery
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

Apparently from frater + -y. Compare Italian frateria (“a brotherhood of monks”). See friar. Piecewise doublet of friary.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

frateries (plural) fratry (alternative)

Questions

What does fratery mean?
A frater house; an apartment in a convent used as a dining room.
Where does fratery come from?
Apparently from frater + -y. Compare Italian frateria (“a brotherhood of monks”). See friar. Piecewise doublet of friary.

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