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friar

[frahy-er] / ˈfraɪ ər /
NOUN
abbot
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One night, as she walks with Donatello along a battlement, they see the model nearby, dressed as a friar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Cesareo, a Franciscan friar, said the "damaged" and "consumed" state of the bones showed that St Francis "gave himself completely" to his life's work.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

One of the earliest collections of Augustinian biographies she studied was written by a Florentine friar in the 1320s.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

"His family were in finance and they were working really temporarily in London," says Father Paul Addison, a friar at the church.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

The friar and I walk through an arched doorway, a crown and stars painted across the top of the face, and then he leaves me on my own.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven




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