used as a title equivalent to brother preceding the name of an Italian monk or friar

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Reinforcing the artistic lineage between the Renaissance and Contemporary, Emin’s exhibition will be followed by a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of Fra Angelico, opening on 26th September, 2025. Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 Image Fra Angelico, the Renaissance artist and Dominican friar who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1982, may be the best known. Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 At the Apollo 14 Fra Mauro site, the temperature dropped from 154.1 to minus 153 F (67.8 to minus 102 C) — a change of 307.1 F (169.8 C). Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2025 Stephen Rea, David Morrissey, Martha Plimpton, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jason Flemyng, Harry Lloyd, Ali Suliman, Fra Fee and Joseph Mydell also star in the series alongside Woodall and Swindell. Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025 Favorite menu items include Shrimp Fra Diavolo, Shepherd’s Pie and Mushroom Gnocchi. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2024 Woodall and Swindell are joined by Stephen Rea, David Morrissey, Martha Plimpton, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jason Flemyng, Harry Lloyd, Ali Suliman, Fra Fee and Joseph Mydell in the series. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024 But Sagrario Fra experiences love as insubordination. Jamie Lang, Variety, 31 July 2024 The synopsis reads: 1972: The Ecclesiastical Court of Santiago de Compostela convicted Sagrario Fra, a shellfish harvester in Ferrol, for committing adultery. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 31 July 2024

Word History

Etymology

Italian, short for frate, from Latin frater — more at brother

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Fra was in 1722

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“Fra.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Fra. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

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