friars

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plural of friar
Order of Friars Minor
The Franciscans, a religious order of mendicant friars
black friars
The religious order of the Dominicans
black friars
plural form of black friar
austin friars
an Augustinian monastic order
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(d) White Friars or Carmelites
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A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans
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A member of one of the religious orders of begging brothers founded in the Middle Ages
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An American fish; the silversides
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member of a Mendicant (begging) religious order
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a male member of a religious order that originally relied soley on alms
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A man who belongs to one of the religious brotherhoods of the Roman Catholic Church A friar strives to be free of worldly goods so that he may engage in preaching, missionary work, or other charitable undertakings
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A white or pale patch on a printed page
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(b) Augustines
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{i} monk, member of a Roman Catholic religious order
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A member of certain Christian orders such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars)
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(c) Dominicans or Black Friars
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A friar is a member of one of several Catholic religious orders. a member of a religious group of Catholic men, who travelled around in the past teaching about Christianity and who were very poor monk (frere , from frater)
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See these names in the Vocabulary
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