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Recent Examples of friar
Bone church The remains of more than 4,000 Capuchin friars adorn the walls and ceiling of the crypt under the Church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini in Rome.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Guido eventually became a Dominican friar, dedicating himself to making art within the mendicant order; after his death, in 1455, he became known as Fra Angelico, or the Angelic Friar.
—Louise Bokkenheuser, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
When Las Casas first landed in Hispaniola (today divided by Haiti in the west and the Dominican Republic in the east), his head was already crowned with a friar’s tonsure.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The friars aimed to teach them European agricultural methods, including grape growing and winemaking.
—Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Guido eventually became a Dominican friar, dedicating himself to making art within the mendicant order; after his death, in 1455, he became known as Fra Angelico, or the Angelic Friar.
—Louise Bokkenheuser, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
When Las Casas first landed in Hispaniola (today divided by Haiti in the west and the Dominican Republic in the east), his head was already crowned with a friar’s tonsure.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The friars aimed to teach them European agricultural methods, including grape growing and winemaking.
—Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friar
Noun
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Now on its 67th day and passing through metro Atlanta, the group's schedule included reflections from a metro Atlanta monk originally part of the journey.—
Nakell Williams,
CBS News,
31 Dec. 2025
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He had been dressed as a monk for Halloween weekend, with a hooded robe, but Rachel Kelly said he was found shirtless in his sweatpants.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But those states also have Republican governors, who would have raised holy hell if their constituents had been menaced by these roving mobs of mendicants.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
28 Nov. 2025
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His eyes alternated between the mendicant and Bob.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Smart’s kidnapper was Brian David Mitchell, a street preacher her family met downtown and hired for odd jobs around the home.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Anderson was halfway through writing what would be his next project, a story of an oil man locked in a power struggle with a preacher in the early part of the 20th century.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2026
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These people who see the theater as almost a monastic calling something of a higher order, and they’re brilliantly educated and funny.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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As the numbers of women at the highest echelons of learning continue to grow, women will likewise expand their ability to take leadership roles in their monastic and lay communities – helping to improve other nuns’ education and protecting Tibetan culture in the process.—
Darcie Price-Wallace,
The Conversation,
26 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Long, a reverend at Portland’s Sudanese Fellowship Presbyterian Church, said that his community of South Sudanese worshippers panicked after hearing the news of TPS ending.—
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC news,
21 Dec. 2025
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Weeks before he would be crowned that year’s winner, a local reverend declared his commitment to supporting the city’s growing reputation.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
14 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Many chanted support for Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the Shah, or King, deposed in the 1979 Islamic Revolution that brought the clerics to power.—
Roxana Saberi,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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Iran has been a theocracy since 1979, when clerics toppled a secular monarch allied with the West, leading to the formation of the Islamic Republic led by Khomenei.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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The abbot later said the temple would cover her medical expenses, according to Pairat.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
25 Nov. 2025
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The abbot said the temple would cover her medical expenses, according to Pairat.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
25 Nov. 2025
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This behavior would earn them a warning from the bishop.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Joliet Diocese officials say there is no announcement for neither an interim bishop nor a replacement and said those decisions are up to the Vatican.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Friar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friar. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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