The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Frater \Fra"ter\, n. [L., a brother.] (Eccl.)
   A monk; also, a frater house. [R.] --Shipley.
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   Frater house, an apartament in a convent used as an eating
      room; a refectory; -- called also a fratery.
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