friar

«friar» in Mova's school dictionary: A man who belongs to a Christian religious order, such as… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a friar, friars)

meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A man who belongs to a Christian religious order, such as the Franciscans or Dominicans, who has promised to live simply and travels among people to preach and help the poor. tree →

2) Used as a title before a name: Friar Tuck. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and church lessons, friars appeared in medieval Europe; unlike monks, who mostly stay in a monastery, friars went out into towns to preach, teach and help the poor. In stories, Friar Tuck is the jolly friar in Robin Hood. Phrases: «Franciscan friar», «Friar Tuck».

examples

• Friar Tuck was a jolly friend of Robin Hood. tree →
• The friar walked from town to town, preaching. tree →
• Franciscan friars wear brown robes. tree →
• Friars promised to live simply and own very little. tree →
• The old friary was where friars once lived. tree →
• A friar gave bread to the poor at the gate. tree →
• Friar Bacon was defrauded of his labour in producing the Brazen Head in a similar way. tree →

note

Countable. Pronounced «FRY-er», the same as «fryer» (a pan or machine for frying): a homophone. A friar is not quite the same as a monk: monks mainly live in a monastery, friars work out among people.

In the corpora

• After the conquest, Nahua writers working with the Spanish friar Bernardino de Sahagún recorded Aztec memories of the conquest in the Florentine Codex.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «friar» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.