friar

  • 41Friar’s Tale, The —    by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1390)    The Friar’s Tale is one of Chaucer’s comic CANTERBURY TALES. Told by the pilgrim Friar, the quintessence of venality himself, the tale satirizes the abuses of summoners (officers of the ecclesiastical court)… …

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  • 42Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. — Football club infobox clubname = Friar Lane Epworth fullname = Friar Lane Epworth Football Club nickname = The Lane founded = 2004 ground = Knighton Lane East, Aylestone, Leicester capacity = tbc (102 seated) chairman = Clive Gibbons manager =… …

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  • 43Friar Park — Infobox Modern building caption= name=Friar Park location town=Henley on Thames location country=England architect= client= engineer= construction start date= completion date= date demolished= cost= structural system= style=Gothic revival|Friar… …

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  • 44Friar Park — 51° 32′ 25″ N 0° 54′ 54″ W / 51.540149, 0.914885 …

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  • 45Friar's Inn — 41° 52′ 38″ N 87° 37′ 33″ W / 41.8771, 87.6257 Friar s …

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  • 46friar preacher — noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order • Syn: ↑Dominican, ↑Black Friar, ↑Blackfriar • Hypernyms: ↑friar, ↑mendicant • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Savonarola, ↑ …

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  • 47friar minor conventual — noun (plural friars minor conventual) Usage: usually capitalized F&M&C : a friar belonging to a division of the Franciscan order that follows a modified rule of St. Francis * * * pl. Friars Minor Conventual. Rom. Cath. Ch. a friar belonging to a… …

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  • 48Friar Tuck — /tuk/ the jolly, pugnacious friar who was a member of Robin Hood s band. * * * Friar Tuck [Friar Tuck] one of Robin Hood s group of ↑outlaws (= people who have broken the law and must hide to avoid being caught). According to the ↑legend, he was… …

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  • 49Friar Tuck —    Companion of *Robin Hood in some sources from 1475 onwards, Tuck may have originally been an independent comic figure based on the medieval stereotype of a disreputable friar fond of fighting, hunting, and wenching. He is almost certainly the… …

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  • 50friar's lantern — noun a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground • Syn: ↑ignis fatuus, ↑jack o lantern, ↑will o the wisp • Hypernyms: ↑light, ↑visible light, ↑visible radiation * * * friar s lantern …

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