Friar

Definition:

  • (n.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary.
  • (n.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
  • (n.) An American fish; the silversides.

Compare friar with other words:

friar vs. frier

briar vs. friar

fiar vs. friar

friar vs. mendinant

friar vs. friarly

friar vs. predicant

friar vs. inwardness

friar vs. potato

ecclesiast vs. friar

friar vs. jacobin

friar vs. sistren

friar vs. licentiate

friar vs. prior

brethren vs. friar

friar vs. mendicant

fra vs. friar

capuchin vs. friar

abbot vs. friar

dervish vs. friar

celibate vs. friar

friar vs. friary

father vs. friar

frater vs. friar

dominican vs. friar

franciscan vs. friar

carmelite vs. friar

augustinian vs. friar

friar vs. order

christian vs. friar

friar vs. nun

friar vs. monk

friar vs. sister

brother vs. friar