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Friar :: Friar (n.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.

Leatherneck :: Leatherneck (n.) The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus).

Disfriar :: Disfriar (v. t.) To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar.

Religious :: Religious (n.) A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun..

Minorite :: Minorite (n.) A Franciscan friar.

Friarly :: Friarly (a.) Like a friar; inexperienced.

Friary :: Friary (n.) A monastery; a convent of friars.

Mendinant :: Mendinant (n.) A mendicant or begging friar.

Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy..

Alsatian :: Alsatian (n.) An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London..

Cordon :: Cordon (n.) The cord worn by a Franciscan friar.

Pimlico :: Pimlico (n.) The friar bird.

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district..

Four-o''clock :: Four-o'clock (n.) The friar bird; -- so called from its cry, which resembles these words..

Austin :: Austin (a.) Augustinian; as, Austin friars..

Franciscan :: Franciscan (n.) A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. They are called also Friars Minor; and in England, Gray Friars, because they wear a gray habit..

Friar :: Friar (n.) An American fish; the silversides.

Frock :: Frock (n.) A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord..

Friar :: Friar (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..

Mendicant :: Mendicant (a.) Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars..

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