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单词 grey friar
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Grey friarGray friarn.

Brit. /ˈɡreɪ ˌfrʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪ ˌfraɪ(ə)r/
Forms: see grey adj. and n. and friar n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., friar n.
Etymology: < grey adj. + friar n. Compare grey adj. 6.
1. A member of one of the Franciscan orders of friars. Cf. grey adj. 6.Members of the original order founded by St Francis c. 1209 wore dull grey habits; the habits of contemporary Franciscan orders can be grey, brown, or (less commonly) black.
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Friar Minorc1230
Grey friara1350
minor?c1450
Sister Minor1473
Franciscan1534
Minorite1537
seraphic1680
seraphic friar1826
Minorist1836
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 70 (MED) He leneþ on is forke ase a grey frere.
c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) l. 529 Þan seyde a gray frere, ‘Allas! sire abbot’ [etc.].
1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. iiij Saterdaye was the feeste of Seynt Antony whiche was a grey Frere.
?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors (title) Roderyck Mors, somtyme a gray fryre.
1629 L. Owen Speculum Iesuiticum (new ed.) 17 I saw this Mason in his Gray-Friers-Frocke.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia iv. ii. 150 We saw the Convent, or Church, of the Franciscans, or Grey Friars.
a1742 N. Salmon Families of Eng. Nobility (1751) 230 Supporters..On the Dexter Side, a Pilgrim, or Grey-Friar, in his Habit, proper.
1824 T. Roscoe tr. Tales Humour, Gallantry, & Romance 51 A grey friar, called Maestro Diego of Revolo,..no less famous in the Thomist than the Scotist doctrines.
1873 Mrs. H. Wood Master of Greylands III. iv. 95 The appearance of the Grey Friar had brought most grievous terror to her.
1909 H. E. Krehbiel Bk. Operas vii. 141 Up and down..there wanders a gray friar.
1962 I. Origo World San Bernardino vi. 139 They would..call out, when they met the little grey friar upon the roads.
1997 P. C. Doherty Haunting (1998) iii. 43 Across the great meadow..were the ruins of a small priory which had once been occupied by the Grey Friars.
2. In plural, usually with the. The quarters of the Franciscan friars in a particular town or city. In later use frequently as proper noun.
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1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 52 I wyte my soule to gode almythty..and my bones to ben beriede in þe grey frerres atte Ȝorke.
1450–1 in H. E. Salter Churchwardens' Accts. St. Michael's Oxf. (1933) 49 (MED) Item of the bousers of Lyncolne colage for a house at greyfreris yeat.
a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 380 Scho wessit the blak freiris, the grayfreiris, the auld colledge and the new colledge.
1651 G. Langbaine Found. Univ. Cambr. xvi. 16 Frances Sidney Countesse of Sussex..founded this Colledge..in a place called the Gray fryars.
1736 Coll. Most Remarkable Trials IV. 20/1 His Wife..took down his Body, and carried it to the Gray-Friars, where it was buried.
1760 T. Flloyd Bibliotheca Biographica III. at Whittington (Sir Richard) He built..the fine library in Grey Friars, now called Christ's hospital.
1824 J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 55 He was overtaken by young Kilpatrick of Closeburn, who was bound to the Grey-Friars to see his sweetheart.
1888 Builder 25 Aug. 139/3 The third of the tall spires of Coventry, that of Christ Church, is all that remains of the old Grey Friars.
1904 O. Smeaton Edinb. & its Story xxiii. 314 The father of Sir Walter Scott was for many years a member and later an elder in Old Greyfriars.
1992 M. T. Elvins Catholic Trivia 121 Christ's Hospital was founded by Edward VI on the site of the Greyfriars..in London's Newgate Street.
3. A Tuscan breed of cattle; an animal of this breed. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > of Italy
Grey friar1814
Romagna1914
Romagnola1920
1814 J. B. Scott Diary 16 Sept. in E. Mann Eng. at Home & Abroad (1930) iii. 77 Numbers of cattle, called ‘Grey Friars’, are grazing on the marshes.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Grey-friars, a name given to the oxen of Tuscany, with which the Mediterranean fleet was supplied.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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