friar
Other forms: friars
A friar belongs to a religious order, a group within the Catholic church. A friar is similar to a monk.
Friars are like monks in that they are devoted to a religious life. The difference is that a friar lives and works among regular people in society, while a monk lives in a secluded, self-sufficient group of monks. The word friar developed in the thirteenth century from the Old French frere, "brother or friar." The Latin root is frater, or "brother."
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a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on almssynonyms: mendicanttypes:Carmelite, White Friara Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachersBlack Friar, Blackfriar, Dominican, friar preachera Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican orderAugustiniana Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic ordersAustin Friarone of the Roman Catholic hermits of Saint Augustinetype of:religiousa member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
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