Fra meaning

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Federal Railroad Administration.
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Used as a title for an Italian monk or friar; brother.
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Brother: title given to an Italian monk or friar.
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Brother; a title of a monk or friar.

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Archaic form of fro.
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A title for a Roman Catholic monk or friar; equivalent to Brother.
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Origin of fra

  • Italian short for frate brother from Latin frāter bhrāter- in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Shortened form of Italian frate, 'monk'
    From Wiktionary
  • Italian, for frate. See friar.
    From Wiktionary

Fra Sentence Examples

  • Here about 1566 his enemies renewed their activity, and in 1567 he was formally accused by Fra Angelo the inquisitor of Milan.

  • The cause of the republic was brilliantly advocated by Fra Paolo Sarpi, counsellor of state; the defenders of the papal theory were Cardinals Baronius and Bellarmine.

  • This page gives an overview of all articles in the 1911 Brittanica which are alphabetized under Fos to Fra.

  • The Cronica altinate in the vision of Fra Mauro gives us a picturesque account of the founding of the various parishes, Olivolo or Castello, St Raffaello, St Salvadore, Sta Maria Formosa, S.

  • It is a noble portal, erected in 1460, apparently from designs by Fra Giocondo, with the lion of St Mark in the attic. The statuary, with Sta Giustina on the summit of the tympanum, was added in 1571 and 1578.

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