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

Franciscan :: Franciscan (n.) A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. They are called also Friars Minor; and in England, Gray Friars, because they wear a gray habit..

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..

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

Curtal Friar :: Curtal friar () A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery.

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

Disfriar :: Disfriar (v. t.) To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar.

Friary :: Friary (n.) Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.

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..

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

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

Pimlico :: Pimlico (n.) The friar bird.

Friar :: Friar (n.) An American fish; the silversides.

Black Friar :: Black friar () A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine..

Austin :: Austin (a.) Augustinian; as, Austin friars..

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

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..

Leatherhead :: Leatherhead (n.) The friar bird.

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..

Augustinian :: Augustinian (n.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.

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