friar

/'fraiə/ Cách viết khác : (frate) /'frɑ:tə/

Thân thiện

A friar walks through a monastery garden with a basket of herbs.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A male member of a religious order: A "friar" is a man who belongs to a Roman Catholic religious order, such as the Franciscans or Dominicans, and who has taken vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Historically, friars lived by begging for alms and worked among the people, in contrast to monks who often lived in secluded communities.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The kind friar offered food and counsel to the poor in the village.
  • Friar Tuck is a well-known character from the legends of Robin Hood.

Advanced Usage

• "Friar preacher": A term historically used for a Dominican friar, whose order focused on preaching and theological study.
  • Thomas Aquinas was a famous friar preacher of the 13th century.

Variants and Related Words

• Friary (n): A building or community where friars live.
  • The old friary has been converted into a museum.
• Frate (n): An Italian word for "friar" or "brother," sometimes used in English in historical or artistic contexts.

Synonyms

• Brother: A general term for a male member of a religious community.
• Religious: A person bound by monastic vows.

Related Phrases

• Mendicant friar: A friar belonging to a mendicant order, which originally relied on alms (charitable donations) for support.
  • The mendicant friars traveled from town to town.

Related Idioms

Học thuật

Noun

1. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mendicant