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Recent Examples of friar
Leo is also notable for being the first Augustinian friar to lead the church.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 May 2025
Black, the color of his shoes, has no official symbolism, though Richardson pointed out that Franciscan friars, who preach poverty and charity, are known to wear black shoes and sandals.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
Francis sought to follow his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century Italian friar renowned for poverty, peace, and care of creation.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 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
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 May 2025
Black, the color of his shoes, has no official symbolism, though Richardson pointed out that Franciscan friars, who preach poverty and charity, are known to wear black shoes and sandals.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
Francis sought to follow his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century Italian friar renowned for poverty, peace, and care of creation.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friar
Noun
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The sculpted gardens and monastery, where monks still pray, sit across the lagoon from the famous Piazza San Marco and would provide an intimate setting ideal for a dinner.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
23 June 2025
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Children parade through the streets with glowing floats, and monks chant late into the night.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Unlike monks who withdrew from ordinary life, mendicants stressed a life of poverty, spent in travel from town to town to preach and help the poor.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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Instead of withdrawing from the world in isolated monasteries, members of this order travel as mendicants to aid the poor as well as serve as missionaries and teachers.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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These were often portraits of people at work—jockeys, preachers, movie stars—that showcase the indiscriminate pleasure Crews took in shoptalk.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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The preacher's son said his father has been in the ICU and never regained consciousness.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
18 June 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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The Silver family also includes Jonah’s mother, district attorney Mae Silver (Gloria Reuben); his grandfather, reverend Edwin Peters (Ernie Hudson); his sister, detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green); and his stepsister, Sarah (Maggie Lawson).—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
11 June 2025
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His deep, resonant bass voice reaches its full potential in the reverend’s moving and emotional final oration.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2025
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However, abandoning the country would be a shocking betrayal that the devout cleric will unlikely make.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
23 June 2025
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Iran’s 'Supreme Leader' likely will dictate its response Much, if not all, of Iran’s response will be dictated not by its civilian government but by Khamenei, the Iranian cleric who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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They would be led by an older, more experienced person – an abbot.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
27 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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Leo spent 20 years as a missionary priest and bishop in Peru, and working side by side with Pope Francis, helped suppress the group.—
Amalia Huot-Marchand,
The Hill,
21 June 2025
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Columban monasteries remained free of the control of local bishops and were instead directly subordinate to the pope.—
Bernd Roeck
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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