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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

- and the Order of Friars Minor Conventual wearing grey or black habits (thus known as Grey Friars). In the Franciscan order, a friar may be an ordained...
- Friars Minor, also known as the Observants, are most commonly simply called Franciscan friars, official name: Friars Minor (OFM). The Order of Friars...
- emerged two orders of mendicant friars – one, the Friars Minor, was led by Francis of ****isi; the other, the Friars Preachers, by Dominic de Guzmán....
- A friar is a term for a member of a religious order. Friar or Friars may also refer to: The Friars (club), American student club The Friars (Tasmania)...
- whose history is obscure. Crutched Friars or Fratres Cruciferi (cross-bearing friars) or Crossed Friars, Crouched Friars or Croziers, named after the staff...
- 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...
- University, also known as "The Friars Club" Friar's Inn, a 1920s jazz venue in Chicago, called "Friars Club" in some sources "The Friar's Club", the 128th episode...
- head coach Billy Donovan, helped lead the Friars (as a player) to the Final Four in 1987. Providence Friars basketball can be traced back to 1921, when...
- Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the...
- former priory of the Order of Preachers (also called Dominican Friars or Black Friars) in Leicester, England. It is also the name of a former civic parish...