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White friar
White friar White" fri`ar (Eccl.) A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.

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- because of which cloak they therefore colloquially were denominated "White Friars". The ****imilation of the Carmelites as a mendicant order in 1326 by...
- 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...
- The Providence Friars are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Providence College, located in Providence, Rhode Island. They compete in the...
- takes its name from the medieval Carmelite religious house, known as the White Friars, that lay here between about 1247 and 1538. Only a crypt remains today...
- is guarded by a Grade-II-listed, probably 18th-century, statue of a White Friar. The park is open to walkers only, without dogs, between 11 a.m. and...
- The Friars Club was a private club in New York City. Famous for its risqué roasts, the club's membership is composed mostly of people who work in show...
- Seas of Fate (Quartet 1976; DAW 1977) ISBN 0-441-74863-5 The Weird of the White Wolf (collection, DAW 1977, contains "The Dream of Earl Aubec", "The Dreaming...
- Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the...
- ****isi, these orders include three independent orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor being the largest contemporary male order), an order for nuns known...
- Carmelite House of the White Friars in Bangor. In the next generation, Goronwy ap Tudur Hen (died 1331), likewise a patron of White Friars, was the father of...