Friar Definition

frīər
friars
noun
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A member of any of various mendicant orders, as a Franciscan or Dominican.
Webster's New World

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).

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(printing, dated) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
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An American fish, the silverside.

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Noun

Singular:
friar
Plural:
friars

Origin of Friar

  • Middle English frere from Old French from Latin frāter brother bhrāter- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English, from Old French frere, from Latin frater (“brother”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

    From Wiktionary

Friar Sentence Examples

  • A brother Robert, the friar, was a Vermont citizen.

  • He accompanied the mission under Friar Ascelin, sent by Pope Innocent IV.

  • Antonio Andrada, in 1624, was the first European to enter Tibet since the visit of Friar Odoric in 1325.

  • The Quiche Popol Vuh, or "Book of History," which was translated into Spanish by the Dominican friar Ximenes, and edited with a French version by Brasseur de Bourbourg, is an important document for students of the local myths.

  • He took up his residence in Avila, where he had built a convent; and here he resumed the common life of a friar, leaving his cell in October 1497 to visit, at Salamanca, the dying infante, Don Juan, and to comfort the sovereigns in their parental distress.

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