fraten.
A friar.
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1722 J. Richardson Acct. Statues Italy 329 A Fine Madonna of the Frate (Fra Bartolomeo is always so call'd).
1823 Lady Morgan Salvator Rosa ii. 48 The rules of the rigid Chartreux oblige the prior and procuratore to flagellate all the frati, or lay brothers.
1875 H. James Roderick Hudson viii. 288 The frate crossed himself, opened his book, and wandered away.
1889 Athenæum 27 July 125/3 Every quarter had its child-counsellors..—all children, vigilant, eager, irresponsible instruments of the frate [Savonarola].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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