White Friar

/waɪt ˌfraɪər/
/hwaɪt ˌfraɪər/
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Definitions of White Friar
  1. noun
    a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
    synonyms: Carmelite
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    type of:
    friar, mendicant
    a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
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