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Definition of 'white friar'

1. (n.) White Friar
a Carmelite friar.

Etymology: (1375–1425; from the order's white cloak)

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1. (noun) Carmelite, White Friar
a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers

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Webster Dictionary

1. white friar
a mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite

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