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GREY FRIAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
Synonyms:
Franciscan; Grey Friar
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Grey Friar" is a kind of...):
friar; mendicant (a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms)
Holonyms ("Grey Friar" is a member of...):
Franciscan order (a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century)