GREY FRIAR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order

Synonyms:

Franciscan; Grey Friar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Grey Friar" is a kind of...):

friar; mendicant (a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms)

Holonyms ("Grey Friar" is a member of...):

Franciscan order (a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century)

Credits