Definition of white friar White friar
white fri•ar
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What does white friar mean?
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| white friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers | ||
| Carmelite, White Friar | ||
| friar, mendicant a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms | ||
| carmelite order, order of our lady of mount carmel a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- white friar
A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.
