Friar Common

Friar has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

friar mendicant

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).

Proper Noun

A surname.

See Also

sister monk friarly sistren christian predicant capuchin frate

Related Terms

sister monk friarly sistren christian predicant capuchin frate franciscan licentiate friarship bethlehemite silverside order friary sahaguntine friarhood minorite dominican augustinian

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

religious

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

Carmelite Dominican Franciscan Augustinian

Rhyming Words

fiar liar bliar briar maziar caviar antiar foliar shiwiar nonliar familiar peculiar auxiliar unifiliar justiciar greyfriar conciliar punctiliar red caviar blackfriar

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