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‖ frate|ˈfrate| Pl. frati |frati|. [It.; lit. ‘brother’.] A friar.
1722Richardson Statues in Italy 329 A Fine Madonna of the Frate (Fra Bartolomeo is always so call'd). 1823Lady Morgan Salvator Rosa ii. 48 The rules of the rigid Chartreux oblige the prior and procuratore to flagellate all the frati, or lay brothers. 1875H. James R. Hudson viii. 288 The frate crossed himself, opened his book, and wandered away. 1889Athenæum 27 July 125/3 Every quarter had its child-counsellors..—all children, vigilant, eager, irresponsible instruments of the frate [Savonarola]. |