friar

noun/ˈfraɪər/

Frequency rank: #12,513 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a member of a male religious order who lives by begging or working rather than in an isolated monastery.

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Example sentence

The friar spent his mornings in prayer and his afternoons helping the poor in the village.

Synonyms & related words

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