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Grey Friar   /greɪ frˈaɪər/   Listen
Grey Friar

noun
1.
A Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order.  Synonym: Franciscan.





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... Marionetta, "Why are thy looks so blank, Grey Friar?" is as good in another way; nor should it be forgotten that the said Marionetta, who has been thought to have some features of the luckless Harriet Shelley, is Peacock's first lifelike study of a girl, and one ...
— Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 • George Saintsbury


Words linked to "Grey Friar" :   Franciscan order, friar, Franciscan, mendicant


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