Definition of friar

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Friar (n.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.

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Austin :: Austin (a.) Augustinian; as, Austin friars..
Friary :: Friary (n.) Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.
Mendinant :: Mendinant (n.) A mendicant or begging friar.
Friary :: Friary (n.) The institution or praactices of friars.
Friar :: Friar (n.) An American fish; the silversides.
Augustinian :: Augustinian (n.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.
White Friar :: White friar () A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite..
Alsatian :: Alsatian (n.) An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London..
Minim :: Minim (n.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
Religious :: Religious (n.) A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun..
Four-o''clock :: Four-o'clock (n.) The friar bird; -- so called from its cry, which resembles these words..
Friarly :: Friarly (a.) Like a friar; inexperienced.
Cordon :: Cordon (n.) The cord worn by a Franciscan friar.
Jacobin :: "Jacobin (n.) A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris..
Doctor :: Doctor (n.) The friar skate.
Monk :: Monk (n.) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink..
Curtal Friar :: Curtal friar () A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery.
Predicant :: Predicant (n.) One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican..
Mendicant :: Mendicant (a.) Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars..
Leatherneck :: Leatherneck (n.) The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus).
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