The friar is more interested in brewing beer than he is the church.
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Friar
//ˈfɹaɪə//
Synonyms for "friar" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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1 entriescapable of
1 entriescoordinate
4 entriesderived
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 25 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- եղբայր noun (member of certain Christian orders)
- կրոնավոր noun (member of certain Christian orders)
- վանական noun (member of certain Christian orders)
- ֆրեր noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Bulgarian
1 entries- монах noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Catalan
1 entries- frare noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Chinese
1 entries- 男修道士 noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Czech
1 entries- fráter noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Esperanto
1 entries- monaĥo noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Finnish
1 entries- veli noun (member of certain Christian orders)
French
1 entries- frère noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Galician
2 entries- frade noun (member of certain Christian orders)
- freire noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Georgian
1 entries- ლორენცო noun (member of certain Christian orders)
German
2 entries- Mönch noun (member of certain Christian orders)
- Ordensbruder noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Greek
1 entries- μοναχός noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Hungarian
1 entries- barát noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Irish
2 entries- bráthair noun (member of certain Christian orders)
- coirneach noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Italian
1 entries- frate noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Latin
1 entries- frater noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Middle English
1 entries- frere noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Occitan
1 entries- fraire noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Polish
2 entries- brat noun (member of certain Christian orders)
- zakonnik noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Portuguese
3 entries- frade noun (member of certain Christian orders)
- frei noun (member of certain Christian orders)
- freire noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Russian
1 entries- мона́х нищенствующего ордена noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- manach noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Spanish
1 entries- fraile noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Tagalog
1 entries- frayle noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Volapük
2 entries- hirodan noun (member of certain Christian orders)
- rodan noun (member of certain Christian orders)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Is a friar the same thing as a priest?
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The pontiff also announced a 100-thousand-dollar donation to the clinic, which was founded by a German-born Franciscan friar and has facilities in Russia, Mozambique, Mexico and other nations.
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I'm afraid that the friar will be late.
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