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Definition of: friar

(frī′ər) noun
1. A brother or member of one of the mendicant religious orders, as the Augustinians, Carmelites (White Friars), Dominicans (Black Friars), or Franciscans (Gray Friars).
2. Printing An area on a printed sheet or page containing too little ink: opposed to monk. [<OF frere <L frater brother]

Most often used phrases:

franciscan friar
dominican friar
augustinian friar
friar laurence
friar john
friar park
spanish friar
capuchin friar
friar de
friar bacon
carmelite friar
friar lawrence
friar juan
friar minor
kimon friar

'friar' used in domains:

providencefriars.com
2700friartucklane.com
servitefriars.com
malvernfriars.com
friarstown.com
greyfriars-pipeband.com

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"friar" has the frequency of use of 0.0002% on en.wikipedia.org.

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