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friar (frīər)

noun

a member of any of various mendicant orders, as a Franciscan or Dominican

Etymology: ME frer, frier < OFr frere < L frater, brother

friar Related Forms
fri·arly adjective
friar Synonyms

friar

n.

brother, monk, mendicant, begging friar, abbot, father, padre, abbé, curé, prior, pilgrim, penitent, holy man, palmer, Dominican, Franciscan, Carmelite, Augustinian; see also monk.

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.

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