abbey vs friary

abbey

noun
  • The church of a monastery. 

  • The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess. 

  • A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings. 

  • A residence that was previously an abbatial building. 

friary

noun
  • house or dwelling where friars or members of certain religious communities live 

adj
  • Like a friar; relating to friars or to a convent. 

How often have the words abbey and friary occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )