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Religious establishments negotiating fair rise? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

friaries

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'religious establishments' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'negotiating fair rise?' is the wordplay.
'negotiating' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'negotiated' mean this).
'fair'+'rise'='fairrise'
'fairrise' with letters rearranged gives 'FRIARIES'.

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(Another definition for friaries that I've seen is " religious buildings".)

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