friary

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Most of the dead were buried in town cemeteries or plague pits such as one on Bene't Street next to the former friary.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

By the mid-20th Century, what had once been a religious friary had become a site for a school, council offices and a car park.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2023

They also collected similar samples from 25 nonmonastic skeletons interred around the same time at a rural parish around a kilometer away from the friary ruins.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 18, 2022

Mr. McCarrick, who has never been criminally charged, has been living in an undisclosed location since leaving a Capuchin friary in Kansas in January.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2020

The site of Emmanuel was previously occupied by a Dominican friary, and some of its buildings were adapted to collegiate uses.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various