FRIARS Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word friars. (close relations)
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| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| clergy | nounn | |||||
noun • in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity) | ||||||
| religious | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity • of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows noun • a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience adjective satellite • concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church • extremely scrupulous and conscientious | ||||||
| brothers | nounn | |||||
noun • a male with the same parents as someone else • (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address • a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group) • a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities • used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement | ||||||
| mendicants | nounn | |||||
noun • a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms • a pauper who lives by begging adjective satellite • practicing beggary | ||||||
| monks | nounn | |||||
noun • a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work • United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982) | ||||||
| brother | nounn | |||||
noun • a male with the same parents as someone else • (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address • a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group) • a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities • used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement | ||||||
| father | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) • `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military • the founder of a family • (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity • a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization • a person who founds or establishes some institution • the head of an organized crime family verb • make (offspring) by reproduction | ||||||
| mendicant | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms • a pauper who lives by begging adjective satellite • practicing beggary | ||||||
| frater | nounn | |||||
noun • A monk. • A frater house. • A comrade. | ||||||
