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Fra :: Fra (n.) Brother; -- a title of a monk of friar; as, Fra Angelo..

Doctor :: Doctor (n.) The friar skate.

Frock :: Frock (n.) A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord..

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..

Minim :: Minim (n.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.

Limit :: Limit (v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar..

Friarly :: Friarly (a.) Like a friar; inexperienced.

Silversides :: Silversides (n.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker..

Limiter :: Limiter (n.) A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district..

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..

Friar :: 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..

Mendicant :: Mendicant (a.) Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars..

Dominican :: Dominican (n.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins..

Carmelite :: Carmelite (n.) A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar..

Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy..

Minor :: Minor (n.) A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.

Leatherneck :: Leatherneck (n.) The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus).

White Friar :: White friar () A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite..

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district..

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