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  1. Franciscan, Grey Friarnoun

    a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order

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  1. grey friar

    A Grey Friar is a term often used to refer to a member of the Franciscan religious order, also known as the Order of Friars Minor, that was founded by St. Francis of Assisi. The term "Grey Friar" comes from the distinctive grey robes that members of this order typically wore. These friars commit to a lifestyle of simplicity, penance, and preaching.

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  1. Grey Friar

    Grey Friar is a fell in the English Lake District, it is one of the Coniston Fells and is situated 13 kilometres west-south-west of Ambleside. It reaches a height of 770 metres and stands to the north west of the other Coniston Fells, a little off the beaten track and tends to be the least visited of the group. It is quite a large fell and forms the eastern wall of the Duddon Valley for several kilometres, in fact all drainage from Grey Friar goes to the Duddon Valley and not to Coniston Water.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of grey friar in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of grey friar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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