friar
n. monk, member of a Roman Catholic religious order | ||||
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Friar Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Friar
(n.)
An American fish; the silversides.
(n.)
A white or pale patch on a printed page.
(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.
(n.)
An American fish; the silversides.
(n.)
A white or pale patch on a printed page.
(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.
| WordNet 2.0 |
friar
Noun
1. a male member of a religious order that originally relied soley on alms
(synonym) mendicant
(hypernym) religious
(hyponym) Carmelite, White Friar
Noun
1. a male member of a religious order that originally relied soley on alms
(synonym) mendicant
(hypernym) religious
(hyponym) Carmelite, White Friar
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friar
friar
\fri"ar\ (?), n. [or. frere, f. frère brother, friar, fr. l. frater brother. see brother.]
1. (r. c. ch.) 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.
2. (print.) a white or pale patch on a printed page.
3. (zo?l.) an american fish; the silversides.
friar
bird (zo?l.), an australian bird (tropidorhynchus corniculatus), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; poor soldier, and four-o'clock the name is also applied to several other species of the same genus.
similar words(10)
black friar
preaching friar
crouched friar
white friar
friar bird
curtal friar
crossed friar
crutched friar
friar skate
gray friar
friar
\fri"ar\ (?), n. [or. frere, f. frère brother, friar, fr. l. frater brother. see brother.]
1. (r. c. ch.) 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.
2. (print.) a white or pale patch on a printed page.
3. (zo?l.) an american fish; the silversides.
friar
bird (zo?l.), an australian bird (tropidorhynchus corniculatus), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; poor soldier, and four-o'clock the name is also applied to several other species of the same genus.
similar words(10)
black friar
preaching friar
crouched friar
white friar
friar bird
curtal friar
crossed friar
crutched friar
friar skate
gray friar
Friar Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Friar John Cor
Friar John Cor (to celebrate 500 years of Scotch Whisky Distilling 1494-1994), Blended Scotch Whisky
By: James Buchanan & Co. Ltd. (Glasgow and London, U.K.)
Friar John Cor (to celebrate 500 years of Scotch Whisky Distilling 1494-1994), Blended Scotch Whisky
By: James Buchanan & Co. Ltd. (Glasgow and London, U.K.)
John Cor
Friar John Cor of Dunfermline, Fife. Monk of Lindores Abbey, first person who applied, in Scotland, for a license to distil "eight bolls of barley malt in Aqua Vitae for King James IV", in 1494 (Uisge Beatha in Gaelic), known as Whisky today.
Friar Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Fat Friar, The
Resident ghost of Hufflepuff.
Resident ghost of Hufflepuff.
Friar Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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