friar : Idioms & Phrases

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Augustinian hermits or Austin friars

  • an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790.
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austin friar

  • noun one of the Roman Catholic hermits of Saint Augustine
    Austin Friar.
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austin friars

  • noun an Augustinian monastic order
  • noun one of the Roman Catholic hermits of Saint Augustine
    Austin Friar.
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black friar

  • noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
    Blackfriar; Black Friar; Dominican.
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Black" fri`ar
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  1. (Eccl.) A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
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Crouched friar

  • . See Crutched friar, under Crutched.
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Crutched friar

  • (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; called also crossed friar and crouched friar.
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curtal friar

Cur"tal fri`ar
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  1. A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery. Sir W. Scott.
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Friar bird

  • (Zoöl.), an Australian bird (Tropidorhynchus corniculatus), having the head destitute of feathers; called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; poor soldier, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus.
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friar preacher

  • noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
    Blackfriar; Black Friar; Dominican.
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Friar skate

  • (Zoöl.), the European white or sharpnosed skate (Raia alba); called also Burton skate, border ray, scad, and doctor.
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Friar's balsam

  • (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. Brande & C.
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Friar's cap

  • (Bot.), the monkshood.
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Friar's cowl

  • (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
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Friar's lantern

  • noun a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
    ignis fatuus; jack-o'-lantern; will-o'-the-wisp.
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  • the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. Milton.
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friar's-cowl

  • noun tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores
    Arisarum vulgare.
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grey friar

  • noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
    Franciscan.
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Preaching friars

  • . See Dominican.
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white friar

  • noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
    Carmelite.
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White" fri`ar
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  1. (Eccl.) A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.
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