About The Word Friar
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What's The Definition Of Friar?
[n] a male religious of an order of mendicant preachers of the gospel
Synonyms | Synonyms for Friar: mendicant Related Terms | Find terms related to Friar: abbacomes | abbot | ascetic | beadsman | brother | caloyer | celibate | cenobite | conventual | conventual prior | grand prior | hermit | hieromonach | lay abbot | lay brother | mendicant | monastic | monk | palmer | pilgrim | pillar saint | pillarist | prior | religieux | religious | stylite See Also | Black Friar | Blackfriar | Carmelite | Dominican | Franciscan | Gray Friar | religious | White Friar Friar In Webster's Dictionary \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re 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["o]l.) An American fish; the silversides.
{Friar bird} (Zo["o]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.
{Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
benzoin. --Brande & C.
{Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood.
{Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare})
with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
{Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
--Milton.
{Friar skate} (Zo["o]l.), the European white or sharpnosed
skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate},
{border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}.
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