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Definition of Friars

friar
Silversides Sil"ver*sides`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinid[ae], having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker. Brook silversides (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides.

Meaning of Friars from wikipedia

- A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders in the Catholic Church. There are also friars outside of the Catholic Church, such as within the Anglican...
- Friars Minor, also known as the Observants, are most commonly simply called Franciscan friars, official name: Friars Minor (OFM). The Order of Friars...
- ideal emerged two orders of mendicant friars – one, the Friars Minor, led by Francis of ****isi; the other, the Friars Preachers, led by Dominic de Guzmán...
- last coach for the Friars. The last game in Providence at Hendricken Field was on May 15, 1999 against Villanova, which the Friars won 7-4. Their final...
- Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the...
- The Friars Club The Friars Club, a former name of the LDS Church fraternity Delta Phi Kappa Friar's Inn, a 1920s jazz venue in Chicago, called "Friars Club"...
- whose history is obscure. Crutched Friars or Fratres Cruciferi (cross-bearing friars) or Crossed Friars, Crouched Friars or Croziers, named after the staff...
- toasted in 1908, the year in which the Friars moved into a clubhouse at 107 West 47th Street. The first Friars Frolics were held in 1911, with Abbot George...
- Ysgol Friars (Welsh for 'Friars School') is a school in Bangor, Gwynedd, and the second oldest extant school in Wales. The school was founded by Geoffrey...
- The new friars is a modern social movement of a long tradition of Christian friars that has developed within certain Christian communities. These communities...