White Friar
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White Friar
n.
See Carmelite.
[From the color of the habit.]
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White Friar
n
(Roman Catholic Church) a Carmelite friar, so called because of the white cloak that forms part of the habit of this order
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White′ Fri′ar
n.
a Carmelite friar.
[1375–1425; from the order's white cloak]
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Noun 1. [画像:White Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order]White Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
Carmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel - a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century
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