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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_123991" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_123991" /> == | ||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, [[Gray]] Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) [[Dominicans]] or [[Black]] Friars. (d) [[White]] Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) An | <p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, [[Gray]] Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) [[Dominicans]] or [[Black]] Friars. (d) [[White]] Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) An American fish; the silversides. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (n.) A white or pale patch on a printed page. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40540" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40540" /> == | ||
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_73405" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_73405" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> E . brother), a name applied generally to members of religious brotherhoods, but which in its strict significance indicated an order lower than that of priest, the latter being called "father," while they differed from monks in that they travelled about, whereas the monk remained secluded in his monastery; in the 13th century arose the Grey Friars or Franciscans, the [[Black]] Friars or Dominicans, the [[White]] Friars or Carmelites, [[Augustinians]] or [[Austin]] Friars, and later the Crutched Friars or Trinitarians. </p> | ||
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