Read full poem →"If I could but meet with a man," sighed the fool,
"For a woman fears, and a friar upbraids."
Dictionary Entry
A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
Origin
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Common Phrases
. friarbacon friarjohn friartuck friarlaurence friarfriar franciscanfriar dominicanfriar spanish
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Poetry examples for “friar”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Rug. Hold him fast, friar,
Oh, hew he burns!
Read full poem →DR. SCUDDER'S CLINICAL LECTURE
FRIAR YVES
THE EIGHTH CRUSADE
Read full poem →What should I be but a prophet and a liar,
Whose mother was a leprechaun, whose father was a friar?
Teethed on a crucifix and cradled under water,
Read full poem →The Wife of Bath’s Tale
The Friar’s Tale
The Sompnour’s Tale
Read full poem →# 10 - The Friar’s Tale - 00:22:53
Read by: Kara Shallenberg
Read full poem →The Wife of Bath’s Tale
The Friar’s Tale
The Sompnour’s Tale
Read full poem →sleeping quietly in their beds. Every dead man to his cemetery,
say I; and every friar to his monastery. Now, here's my master,
Victorian, yesterday a cow-keeper, and to-day a gentleman;
Read full poem →_Easter Sunday_. FRIAR CUTHBERT _preaching to the
crowd from a pulpit in the open air_. PRINCE