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Friar
see synonyms of friarNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Friar
see synonyms of friarnoun
a member of any of various chiefly mendicant religious orders of the Roman Catholic Church, the main orders being Black Friars (Dominicans), Grey Friars (Franciscans), White Friars (Carmelites), and Austin Friars (Augustinians)
See also Black Friar, Grey Friar, White Friar, AugustinianCollins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Friar
see synonyms of friar noun
a member of any of various mendicant orders, as a Franciscan or Dominican
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Friar
see synonyms of friarn. Abbr. Fr.
A member of a usually mendicant Roman Catholic order.
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