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Prevost, 69, is the first Augustinian friar to become pope, the Vatican News reported.
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Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Then came the Reformation, a revolution brought on by a onetime friar named Martin Luther.
—Spencer Strub, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
In response, a new form of religious life emerged: the mendicant friars.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
Martin Luther, who in the 16th-century would reject Catholicism and become central to the Protestant Reformation, was a former Augustinian friar.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 9 May 2025
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Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Then came the Reformation, a revolution brought on by a onetime friar named Martin Luther.
—Spencer Strub, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
In response, a new form of religious life emerged: the mendicant friars.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
Martin Luther, who in the 16th-century would reject Catholicism and become central to the Protestant Reformation, was a former Augustinian friar.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for friar
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“Friar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/friar. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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friar
noun
fri·ar
ˈfrī(-ə)r 
: a member of a Roman Catholic religious order for men
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