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White friar

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order.
  2. 2
    A member of the religious order of the Carmelites.
  3. 3
    a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the white cloaks they wore.

Etymology 2

Named from the white mantles that they wore over brown habits.

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