mendicant friar

  • 41White Friar — noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers • Syn: ↑Carmelite • Derivationally related forms: ↑Carmelite (for: ↑Carmelite) • Hypernyms: ↑friar, ↑ …

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  • 42Black Friar — noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order • Syn: ↑Dominican, ↑Blackfriar, ↑friar preacher • Hypernyms: ↑friar, ↑mendicant • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Savonarola …

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  • 43Grey Friar — noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order • Syn: ↑Franciscan • Hypernyms: ↑friar, ↑mendicant • Member Holonyms: ↑Franciscan order …

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  • 44White friar — White fri ar (Eccl.) A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See {Carmelite}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 45Austin Friar — noun one of the Roman Catholic hermits of Saint Augustine • Hypernyms: ↑Augustinian * * * one of the Hermits of St. Augustine. [1860 65] * * * Austin friar, a member of a mendicant order (Hermits of Saint Augustine) named for Saint Augustine; an… …

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  • 46Carmelite — /kahr meuh luyt /, n. 1. a mendicant friar belonging to a religious order founded at Mt. Carmel, Palestine, in the 12th century; White Friar. 2. a nun belonging to this order. adj. 3. of or pertaining to Carmelites or their order. [1400 50; late… …

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  • 47The Summoner's Prologue and Tale — The Summoner s Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.The tale is a fierce counterpunch to the preceding tale by The Friar which had been an offensive attack on summoners. Summoners were officials in ecclesiastical courts who… …

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