Definition of friar

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Friar (n.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary..

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Limit :: Limit (v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar..
Friary :: Friary (n.) A monastery; a convent of friars.
Puck :: Puck (n.) A celebrated fairy, the merry wanderer of the night; -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc..
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..
Mendinant :: Mendinant (n.) A mendicant or begging friar.
Disfriar :: Disfriar (v. t.) To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar.
Mendicant :: Mendicant (n.) A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar..
Friary :: Friary (n.) The institution or praactices of friars.
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..
Friarly :: Friarly (a.) Like a friar; inexperienced.
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..
Mendicant :: Mendicant (a.) Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars..
Minim :: Minim (n.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
Recollect :: Recollect (n.) A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans..
Possessioner :: Possessioner (n.) An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars..
Cordon :: Cordon (n.) The cord worn by a Franciscan friar.
Leatherneck :: Leatherneck (n.) The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus).
Friar :: Friar (n.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
Pimlico :: Pimlico (n.) The friar bird.
Convert :: Convert (n.) A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir..
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