Definition of friar in English:

friar

noun ˈfrʌɪəˈfraɪ(ə)r

A member of any of certain religious orders of men, especially the four mendicant orders (Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans).
Example sentencesExamples
- He was a man who was in training to wear the brown robe of a Franciscan friar.
- The foundation of the Dominican and Franciscan Orders of friars in the thirteenth century transformed the spiritual life of the Western Church.
- One document acknowledges an archdeacon's grant of the use of his books to a house of Franciscan friars, who were to keep the books when the donor died.
- Straub spent more than a year living with Franciscan friars working in impoverished areas all over the world, including India, Jamaica, and the United States.
- In the 1200's, members of new religious orders, called friars, began to work among the people.
- The laity, however, reserved their deepest respect for the celibate, highly-educated Franciscan friars.
- When the first missionary friars arrived in what was then called New Spain, they decided to evangelize the indigenous peoples in their own languages.
- ‘Who are they,’ Francis lamented towards the end of his life, ‘who have torn my order and my friars from my hands?’
- Such language, even coming as it was from the mouth of a Dominican friar, was bound to get Savonarola in trouble.
- There is a further reason for the insistence on Francis's garden that is worth considering, namely, that its presence might have helped Thomas to legitimize Francis's new order of friars.
- The family came to prominence when Francesco della Rovere, a Franciscan friar from an obscure noble family based in the far-flung Marche region, became Pope in 1471.
- As the prayer evolved, so did the congregation, grappling with an issue that Reamer says goes to the very core of his mission as a Franciscan friar.
- At the height of the indulgence sale, Martin Luther, an Augustinian friar from Germany, traveled to Rome and was shocked by what he saw.
- While scholars had already located several copies of the other two, the Abbotsford House book is the only known translation by Osbern Bokenham, the Augustinian friar and poet.
- A Franciscan friar, much of Bacon's life is obscure, but he was born in Somerset and probably studied at Oxford before teaching in Paris.
- He was in early life a Dominican friar, but broke from his order and left Italy to avoid prosecution for heresy.
- It is possible that the panel was painted for a Franciscan friar - presumably someone of standing, or who had wealthy connections outside the convent.
- Thomas Aquinas was a Dominican friar, and a theological giant.
- The Carmelite friars who made up the community in Leighlinbridge were Normans from the Carmelite Province of England where the two principal friaries were at Aylesford and Hulne.
- Michael Robson analyzes the preaching and service of Dominican and Franciscan friars.
Synonyms
monk, brother, male member of a religious order, religious, contemplative
prior, abbot
Dominican, Black Friar, Carmelite, White Friar, Franciscan, Friar Minor, Grey Friar, Minorite, Augustinian, Augustine, Austin Friar, Crutched Friar, Capuchin, Servite
historical mendicant
rare cenobite, cloisterer, religioner, religieux

Origin

Middle English: from Old French frere, from Latin frater 'brother'.

This is from Old French frere, from Latin frater ‘brother’, source also of such words as fraternal (Late Middle English) and fraternity (Late Middle English).

Rhymes

acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah

Definition of friar in US English:

friar

nounˈfrī(ə)rˈfraɪ(ə)r

A member of any of certain religious orders of men, especially the four mendicant orders (Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans).
Example sentencesExamples
- When the first missionary friars arrived in what was then called New Spain, they decided to evangelize the indigenous peoples in their own languages.
- In the 1200's, members of new religious orders, called friars, began to work among the people.
- Michael Robson analyzes the preaching and service of Dominican and Franciscan friars.
- It is possible that the panel was painted for a Franciscan friar - presumably someone of standing, or who had wealthy connections outside the convent.
- One document acknowledges an archdeacon's grant of the use of his books to a house of Franciscan friars, who were to keep the books when the donor died.
- Thomas Aquinas was a Dominican friar, and a theological giant.
- There is a further reason for the insistence on Francis's garden that is worth considering, namely, that its presence might have helped Thomas to legitimize Francis's new order of friars.
- The foundation of the Dominican and Franciscan Orders of friars in the thirteenth century transformed the spiritual life of the Western Church.
- He was in early life a Dominican friar, but broke from his order and left Italy to avoid prosecution for heresy.
- Straub spent more than a year living with Franciscan friars working in impoverished areas all over the world, including India, Jamaica, and the United States.
- At the height of the indulgence sale, Martin Luther, an Augustinian friar from Germany, traveled to Rome and was shocked by what he saw.
- ‘Who are they,’ Francis lamented towards the end of his life, ‘who have torn my order and my friars from my hands?’
- As the prayer evolved, so did the congregation, grappling with an issue that Reamer says goes to the very core of his mission as a Franciscan friar.
- The Carmelite friars who made up the community in Leighlinbridge were Normans from the Carmelite Province of England where the two principal friaries were at Aylesford and Hulne.
- The laity, however, reserved their deepest respect for the celibate, highly-educated Franciscan friars.
- While scholars had already located several copies of the other two, the Abbotsford House book is the only known translation by Osbern Bokenham, the Augustinian friar and poet.
- The family came to prominence when Francesco della Rovere, a Franciscan friar from an obscure noble family based in the far-flung Marche region, became Pope in 1471.
- A Franciscan friar, much of Bacon's life is obscure, but he was born in Somerset and probably studied at Oxford before teaching in Paris.
- He was a man who was in training to wear the brown robe of a Franciscan friar.
- Such language, even coming as it was from the mouth of a Dominican friar, was bound to get Savonarola in trouble.
Synonyms
monk, brother, male member of a religious order, religious, contemplative

Origin

Middle English: from Old French frere, from Latin frater ‘brother’.

单词	friar
释义	Definition of friar in English: friar noun ˈfrʌɪəˈfraɪ(ə)r A member of any of certain religious orders of men, especially the four mendicant orders (Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans). Example sentencesExamples He was a man who was in training to wear the brown robe of a Franciscan friar. The foundation of the Dominican and Franciscan Orders of friars in the thirteenth century transformed the spiritual life of the Western Church. One document acknowledges an archdeacon's grant of the use of his books to a house of Franciscan friars, who were to keep the books when the donor died. Straub spent more than a year living with Franciscan friars working in impoverished areas all over the world, including India, Jamaica, and the United States. In the 1200's, members of new religious orders, called friars, began to work among the people. The laity, however, reserved their deepest respect for the celibate, highly-educated Franciscan friars. When the first missionary friars arrived in what was then called New Spain, they decided to evangelize the indigenous peoples in their own languages. ‘Who are they,’ Francis lamented towards the end of his life, ‘who have torn my order and my friars from my hands?’ Such language, even coming as it was from the mouth of a Dominican friar, was bound to get Savonarola in trouble. There is a further reason for the insistence on Francis's garden that is worth considering, namely, that its presence might have helped Thomas to legitimize Francis's new order of friars. The family came to prominence when Francesco della Rovere, a Franciscan friar from an obscure noble family based in the far-flung Marche region, became Pope in 1471. As the prayer evolved, so did the congregation, grappling with an issue that Reamer says goes to the very core of his mission as a Franciscan friar. At the height of the indulgence sale, Martin Luther, an Augustinian friar from Germany, traveled to Rome and was shocked by what he saw. While scholars had already located several copies of the other two, the Abbotsford House book is the only known translation by Osbern Bokenham, the Augustinian friar and poet. A Franciscan friar, much of Bacon's life is obscure, but he was born in Somerset and probably studied at Oxford before teaching in Paris. He was in early life a Dominican friar, but broke from his order and left Italy to avoid prosecution for heresy. It is possible that the panel was painted for a Franciscan friar - presumably someone of standing, or who had wealthy connections outside the convent. Thomas Aquinas was a Dominican friar, and a theological giant. The Carmelite friars who made up the community in Leighlinbridge were Normans from the Carmelite Province of England where the two principal friaries were at Aylesford and Hulne. Michael Robson analyzes the preaching and service of Dominican and Franciscan friars. Synonyms monk, brother, male member of a religious order, religious, contemplative prior, abbot Dominican, Black Friar, Carmelite, White Friar, Franciscan, Friar Minor, Grey Friar, Minorite, Augustinian, Augustine, Austin Friar, Crutched Friar, Capuchin, Servite historical mendicant rare cenobite, cloisterer, religioner, religieux Origin Middle English: from Old French frere, from Latin frater 'brother'. This is from Old French frere, from Latin frater ‘brother’, source also of such words as fraternal (Late Middle English) and fraternity (Late Middle English). Rhymes acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah Definition of friar in US English: friar nounˈfrī(ə)rˈfraɪ(ə)r A member of any of certain religious orders of men, especially the four mendicant orders (Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans). Example sentencesExamples When the first missionary friars arrived in what was then called New Spain, they decided to evangelize the indigenous peoples in their own languages. In the 1200's, members of new religious orders, called friars, began to work among the people. Michael Robson analyzes the preaching and service of Dominican and Franciscan friars. It is possible that the panel was painted for a Franciscan friar - presumably someone of standing, or who had wealthy connections outside the convent. One document acknowledges an archdeacon's grant of the use of his books to a house of Franciscan friars, who were to keep the books when the donor died. Thomas Aquinas was a Dominican friar, and a theological giant. There is a further reason for the insistence on Francis's garden that is worth considering, namely, that its presence might have helped Thomas to legitimize Francis's new order of friars. The foundation of the Dominican and Franciscan Orders of friars in the thirteenth century transformed the spiritual life of the Western Church. He was in early life a Dominican friar, but broke from his order and left Italy to avoid prosecution for heresy. Straub spent more than a year living with Franciscan friars working in impoverished areas all over the world, including India, Jamaica, and the United States. At the height of the indulgence sale, Martin Luther, an Augustinian friar from Germany, traveled to Rome and was shocked by what he saw. ‘Who are they,’ Francis lamented towards the end of his life, ‘who have torn my order and my friars from my hands?’ As the prayer evolved, so did the congregation, grappling with an issue that Reamer says goes to the very core of his mission as a Franciscan friar. The Carmelite friars who made up the community in Leighlinbridge were Normans from the Carmelite Province of England where the two principal friaries were at Aylesford and Hulne. The laity, however, reserved their deepest respect for the celibate, highly-educated Franciscan friars. While scholars had already located several copies of the other two, the Abbotsford House book is the only known translation by Osbern Bokenham, the Augustinian friar and poet. The family came to prominence when Francesco della Rovere, a Franciscan friar from an obscure noble family based in the far-flung Marche region, became Pope in 1471. A Franciscan friar, much of Bacon's life is obscure, but he was born in Somerset and probably studied at Oxford before teaching in Paris. He was a man who was in training to wear the brown robe of a Franciscan friar. Such language, even coming as it was from the mouth of a Dominican friar, was bound to get Savonarola in trouble. Synonyms monk, brother, male member of a religious order, religious, contemplative Origin Middle English: from Old French frere, from Latin frater ‘brother’.
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