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A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.
A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery.
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Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.
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The friar skate.
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A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.
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The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus).
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Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.
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A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district.
v. i.
To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
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.
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Like a friar; inexperienced.
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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.
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Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars.
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The institution or praactices of friars.
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A mendicant or begging friar.
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The friar bird.
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A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.
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A monastery; a convent of friars.
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A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar.
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