{Frater house}, an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; -- called also a {fratery}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Frater — Fra ter, n. [L., a brother.] (Eccl.) A monk; also, a frater house. [R.] Shipley. [1913 Webster] {Frater house}, an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; called also a {fratery}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
House of Candia — The House of Candia also called Candida in Latin is a European dynastic house, originally from Castrum Candiaco in the Dauphiné of the nobility of Savoy and Piemont, descendants of Burgandians and Lombards and related to the Norman dynasty from… … Wikipedia
frater — frater1 /fray teuhr/, n. 1. a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade. 2. a member of a college or university fraternity. [1555 65; < L frater BROTHER] frater2 /fray teuhr/, n. Eccles. Hist. Obs. the refectory of a religious house … Universalium
Frater — The dining room or hall of a religious house; a refectory. [< OldFr. fraitur = refectory] Cf. Fraterer; Recreation … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Frater — The communal refectory of a monastic establishment ♦ Monastic refectory. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 412) … Medieval glossary
frater — I. /ˈfreɪtə/ (say fraytuh) noun a brother; comrade. {Latin: brother} II. /ˈfreɪtə/ (say fraytuh) noun the refectory of a religious house. Also, fratry. {Middle English freitur, from Old French fraitur, shortened form of refreitor, representing… …
chapter house — noun a) A building attached to a cathedral, church, or monastery and used as a meeting place. The cloister, and the chapter house adjoining to the church, are the finest here of any I have seen in England; the latter is octagon, or eight square,… … Wiktionary
Alexander Frater — is a travel writer and journalist. He is noted for three well regarded travel books, the most recent, Tales for the Torrid Zone , is in part an autobiography (of his childhood in Vanuatu) and a travelogue, was reviewed by the New York Times and… … Wikipedia
fratery — Frater Fra ter, n. [L., a brother.] (Eccl.) A monk; also, a frater house. [R.] Shipley. [1913 Webster] {Frater house}, an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; called also a {fratery}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fratery — Fra ter*y (? or ?), n. [L. frater brother: cf. It. frateria a brotherhood of monks. See {Friar}.] A frater house. See under {Frater}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
