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A Franciscan friar.

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• FRANCISCAN
  Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans. Franciscan Brothers, pious laymen who devote themselves to useful works, such as manual labor schools, and other educational institutions; -- called also Brothers of the Third Order of St.
• FRIARLY
  Like a friar; inexperienced. Bacon.
• FRIAR
  A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. Augustines. Dominicans or Black Friars. White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary.
• FRIARY
  Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent. Camden.
• CURTAL FRIAR
  A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery. Sir W. Scott.
• BLACK FRIAR
  A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
• DISFRIAR
  To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar. Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves. Fuller.
• WHITE FRIAR
  A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.