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1. (n.) friar
a man who is a member of one of the mendicant religious orders founded in the Middle Ages, as the Carmelites, Franciscans, or Dominicans.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME frier, frere brother < OF frere < L frāterbrother)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) friar, mendicant
a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) friar
a brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary
2. (noun) friar
a white or pale patch on a printed page
3. (noun) friar
an American fish; the silversides
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. friar
a name applied generally to members of religious brotherhoods, but which in its strict significance indicated an order lower than that of priest, the latter being called "father," while they differed from monks in that they travelled about, whereas the monk remained secluded in his monastery; in the 13th century arose the Grey Friars or Franciscans, the Black Friars or Dominicans, the White Friars or Carmelites, Augustinians or Austin Friars, and later the Crutched Friars or Trinitarians.
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