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Recent Examples of friar
Image Fra Angelico, the Renaissance artist and Dominican friar who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1982, may be the best known.
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Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Solidarity with the Santo Spirito friars is growing.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Image Image Today, the convent functions as an infirmary for elderly Dominican friars from the area.
—Clara Vannucci, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
According to Spanish Franciscan friar Diego de Landa Calderon – most famous for his zeal in destroying Maya codices – the Maya painted human beings before forcing them onto an altar and cutting out their beating hearts.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 1 Dec. 2024
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Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Solidarity with the Santo Spirito friars is growing.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Image Image Today, the convent functions as an infirmary for elderly Dominican friars from the area.
—Clara Vannucci, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
According to Spanish Franciscan friar Diego de Landa Calderon – most famous for his zeal in destroying Maya codices – the Maya painted human beings before forcing them onto an altar and cutting out their beating hearts.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friar
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Malcolm Browne, then an Associated Press correspondent, won awards for his images from 1963 capturing a Buddhist monk setting himself ablaze in Saigon.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Finally, in the desert, a monk named Zosimas encountered her.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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In Thank You for Your Servitude, which for my money is the only truly interesting book about the Trump presidency, author Mark Leibovich goes into harrowing detail about how the modern GOP readily turned itself into a gaggle of mendicants to serve Trump on bended knee.—
Jason Linkins,
The New Republic,
29 Apr. 2023
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All these words strike me as vaguely offensive except for mendicant and supplicant.—
Stephen Miller,
WSJ,
11 Oct. 2021
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McBride wrote the premiere’s cold open — in which Elijah murders a preacher while robbing his collection box, then assumes his identity — several years ago.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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Opportunistic Congolese politicians and preachers have amplified hate speech against the Congolese Tutsi community, from which most M23 leaders come.—
Jason K. Stearns,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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While the Thai Buddhism depicted in The White Lotus is not completely realistic, there are several authentic ways to engage deeply with Buddhism, ranging from offering donations to short meditation retreats to ordination as a monastic.—
Brooke Schedneck,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
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While the Thai Buddhism depicted in The White Lotus is not completely realistic, there are several authentic ways to engage deeply with Buddhism, ranging from offering donations to short meditation retreats to ordination as a monastic.—
Brooke Schedneck,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
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Preserving community gems Michael Major is a reverend at Zion Baptist Church in Philadelphia.—
Buffy Gorrilla,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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Most of the cards feature gothic-style fonts, limited colors like black and red, and some were even sent by reverends or churches.—
Paul du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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Here are just a few… Communal singing A hymn written by a dying Anglican cleric in the 1800s might not scream ‘pre-match razzmatazz’, but the pre-kick-off rendition of Abide With Me has become a staple of the build-up to FA Cup finals.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The audiotape of the cleric’s offense turned out to be fake.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2025
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As the village abbot never far from the woods, or from Martine’s little dining room table, Jacques Develay manages the trick of utter simplicity in his motives and line readings.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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When Kaldi shared the berries with an abbot of a local monastery, the monk ended up wide awake during the evening prayers.—
Marta Zaraska,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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Image As a cardinal and head of the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, Pope Leo was already thinking about artificial intelligence.—
Motoko Rich,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Before being called to the Vatican, the future Leo XIV was bishop of Chiclayo, which performed even better than most other regions of Peru.—
Alejandro Antonio Chafuen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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“Friar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friar. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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