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Definition of FRIAR

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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 FRIAR from wikipedia

- A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders in the Roman Catholic church. There are also friars outside of the Roman Catholic church, such as within...
- Friar Park is a Victorian neo-Gothic mansion in Henley-on-Thames, England, construction began in 1889 and was completed in 1895. It was built for lawyer...
- meaning 'of the Order of Preachers'. Membership in the order includes friars, nuns, active sisters, and lay or secular Dominicans (formerly known as...
- ****isi, these orders include three independent orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor being the largest contemporary male order), orders for nuns such as...
- Friar Laurence or Friar Lawrence is a character in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence is a friar who plays the part of a wise...
- 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)...
- Friar Tuck is one of the Merry Men, the band of heroic outlaws in the folklore of Robin Hood. The figure of the jovial friar was common in the May Games...
- Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the...
- Friar Bacon and Friar Bun****, originally entitled The Honorable Historie of Frier Bacon and Frier Bon****, is an Elizabethan era stage play, a comedy written...
- "The Friar's Tale" (Middle English: The Freres Tale) is a story in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, told by Huberd the Friar. The story centers...