friar

noun

fri·ar ˈfrī(-ə)r

Synonyms of friar next

: a member of a mendicant order

Examples of friar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Serra Mesa is named for Spanish friar Junipero Serra. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023 Others showed the distinct hairstyles described in the writings of Bernardino de Sahagún, a 16th-century Franciscan friar who spent 50 years studying the Aztec culture, language and history. —

Merilee Grindle, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023 The Náhuatl account is documented in the Florentine Codex, a 16th century study by a Franciscan friar, Bernardino de Sahagún. —

Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023 Among the party of 34 men were voyageur Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle and Roman Catholic friar Father Louis Hennepin. —

Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2023 Mission holds remembrance service for friar from 1800s Mission San Luis Rey will hold a special community service 3 p.m. July 14 to re-inter the remains of Father Jeremiah O’Keefe, near the altar in the Historic Mission Church. —

Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023 When the Italian poet passed away, rather than send his remains back to Florence, the Franciscan friars entombed him in a small mausoleum next to the Basilica of San Francesco. —

Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2023 Visitors can dig into the history of Pico’s wine industry on a tour of its ancient vineyards or a stop at the Wine Museum, housed inside a 16th-century convent where Carmelite friars were once in the business of growing and crushing grapes and bottling wine. —

Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023 Educated by Christian friars as a boy, Juan the Indian, as he is known, has since renounced those teachings, has traveled north, and is stirring up trouble among the native people. —

David Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2023 See More

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