friar

friar
/fruy"euhr/, n.
1. Rom. Cath. Ch. a member of a religious order, esp. the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
2. Print. a blank or light area on a printed page caused by uneven inking of the plate or type. Cf. monk (def. 3).
[1250-1300; ME frier, frere brother < OF frere < L frater BROTHER]
Syn. 1. See monk.

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      (from Latin frater through French frère, “brother”), one belonging to a Roman Catholic religious order of mendicants. Formerly, friar was the title given to individual members of these orders, as Friar Laurence (in Romeo and Juliet), but this is no longer common. The 10 mendicant orders are the Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustinians (Augustian Hermits), Carmelites, Trinitarians, Mercedarians, Servites, Minims, Hospitallers of St. John of God, and the Teutonic Order (the Austrian branch).

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