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Definitions for Friar

[1] Roman Catholic Church . a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
[2] Printing . a blank or light area on a printed page caused by uneven inking of the plate or type. Compare monk(def 3) .
[3] a member of any of various chiefly mendicant religious orders of the Roman Catholic Church, the main orders being Black Friars (Dominicans), Grey Friars (Franciscans), White Friars (Carmelites), and Austin Friars (Augustinians) See also Black Friar, Grey Friar, White Friar, Augustinian

Words related to Friar

priest, abbot, cleric, father, monk, preacher, elder, rector, lama, solitary, cenobite, recluse, brother, ascetic, religious, monastic, hermit, eremite, anchorite, vicar

Words nearby Friar

frf, frg, frgs, fri., friable, friar, friar minor, friar minor capuchin, friar minor conventual, friar preacher, friar tuck

Origin of Friar

1250–1300; Middle English frier, frere brother < Old French frere < Latin frāter brother

Words that may be confused with Friar

friar, frier, fryer

Word origin for Friar

C13 frere , from Old French: brother, from Latin frāter brother

Synonyms for Friar

abbot, priest, anchorite, ascetic, brother, cenobite, eremite, hermit, monastic, recluse, religious, solitary