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/hwuyt"fruy'euhrz, wuyt"-/, n.a district in central London, England.
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Whitefriars
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Whitefriars — [hwīt′frī΄ərz, wīt′frī΄ərz] district of central London, near Fleet Street: formerly the site of a Carmelite monastery … English World dictionary
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Whitefriars Theatre — ▪ historical theatre, London, United Kingdom private London playhouse located in the priory of the Whitefriars monastery on the north side of the River Thames. Michael Drayton and Thomas Woodford converted the refectory hall to a private… … Universalium
Whitefriars, Street — South out of Fleet Street to the Thames and east to Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Leake Boyle, 1799). Also called White Fryars lane (Leake). Site now covered by Lombard Street, Essex Street, Tudor Street, Pleydell Court. See … Dictionary of London
Whitefriars Theatre — Near the Bishop s house, and formerly the Hall or Refectory of the Whitefriars Monastery, 1616. In a ruinous condition (Bell, p. 308). In 1629 a new playhouse was erected in the precincts, known as the Salisbury Court Theatre (ib. 314).… … Dictionary of London
Whitefriars — geographical name district of central London, England, on Thames River … New Collegiate Dictionary
