friar
noun/ˈfraɪər/
Frequency rank: #12,513 most common English word
Meaning
a member of a male religious order who lives by begging or working rather than in an isolated monastery.
Example sentence
The friar spent his mornings in prayer and his afternoons helping the poor in the village.
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