friar
friar
Definition
friar (frī′ər)
noun
a member of any of various mendicant orders, as a Franciscan or Dominican
Etymology: ME frer, frier < OFr frere < L frater, brother
fri′·arly adjective
friar
Synonyms
friar
n.
friar
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- order: This is a typical red brick Monastery where friars of the Benedictine Order still worship.
- atonement: James Puglisi Minister General of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement with us for the meetings.
Converse of object
- name: Desire by all keys to hit franciscan friar named.
- become: These made such a mark on Wojtyla that he considered becoming a friar of St John's religious order, the Carmelites.
- beg: He went back and begged the friars to close.
- say: You said noble brother friars were in the lurch.
- crutch: Rents of: the crutched friars £ 4 13s 4d; the abbot of St Mary Graces £ 4 0s 0d.
- preach: Dominican - An order of preaching friars founded by Dominic Guzman in the 12th century.
Adjective modifier
- Franciscan: The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal have recently opened a new Friary in Canning Town, East London.
- Carmelite: St John is dressed in the habit of a Discalced Carmelite friar.
- Dominican: They were religious with one of the girls becoming a nun, two of the boys Jesuit priests, and another a Dominican friar.
- mendicant: Mendicant friars went out into byways to conquer again the land for Christ.
- Augustinian: Hermitage dates from a foundation in 1314 by Augustinian Friars.
- gray: Greyfriars Tolbooth and Highland Kirk is named after the " gray friars " who frequented the church before the Reformation.
Modifies a noun
- minor: It is so with a friar minor who preaches, and one who prays and works.
- church: The original friars church largely survives, amid later extensions and additions.
Noun used with modifier
- Quaker: A computer-generated image of the new store shows the tower block with 200 flats near the new square at Quakers Friars.
- Franciscan: Desire by all keys to hit franciscan friar named.
- preaching: The speaker, a preaching friar, was seen from head to heel.
- brother: You said noble brother friars were in the lurch.
Browse dictionary entries near friar
- Friar Minor
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- friarbird
- friary
- fribble
- Fribourg
- fricandeau
- fricassee
- fricative
- Frick
