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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friar/#m1)

2) Used as a title before a name: Friar Tuck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friar/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friar/#x1)
- The friar walked from town to town, preaching. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friar/#x2)
- Franciscan friars wear brown robes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friar/#x3)
- Friars promised to live simply and own very little. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friar/#x4)
- The old friary was where friars once lived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friar/#x5)
- A friar gave bread to the poor at the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friar/#x6)
- Friar Bacon was defrauded of his labour in producing the Brazen Head in a similar way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friar/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «friar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.