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GREY FRIAR

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• GREY FRIAR (noun)
The noun GREY FRIAR has 1 sense:

1. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order

Familiarity information: GREY FRIAR used as a noun is very rare.

• GREY FRIAR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Franciscan; Grey Friar

Hypernyms ("Grey Friar" is a kind of...):

friar; mendicant (a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms)

Holonyms ("Grey Friar" is a member of...):

Franciscan order (a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century)

"It's better to give than to receive."
(English proverb)
"The truth prevails like oil over water."
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"With a soft tongue you can even pull a snake out of its nest."
(Armenian proverb)
"Even if a monkey wears a golden ring, it is and remains an ugly thing."
(Dutch proverb)

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