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A Franciscan friar.

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  • FRANCISCAN
    Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans. Franciscan Brothers, pious laymen who devote themselves to useful works, such as manual labor schools, and other educational institutions; -- called also Brothers of the Third Order of St.
  • FRIARLY
    Like a friar; inexperienced. Bacon.
  • FRIAR
    A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. Augustines. Dominicans or Black Friars. White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary.
  • FRIARY
    Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent. Camden.
  • CURTAL FRIAR
    A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery. Sir W. Scott.
  • BLACK FRIAR
    A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
  • DISFRIAR
    To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar. Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves. Fuller.
  • WHITE FRIAR
    A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.

 

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