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Fra  (frä)
n. Roman Catholic Church
Used as a title for an Italian monk or friar; brother.
[Italian, short for frate, brother, from Latin frter; see bhrter- in Indo-European roots.]
FRA
abbr.
Federal Railroad Administration
Fra [frɑː]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) brother: a title given to an Italian monk or friar
[Italian, short for frate brother (in either natural or religious sense), from Latin frāter brother]
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The famous King of Carrick and his cooks perceiving the roast to be aneuch, commanded it to be tane fra the fire, and the Earl himself began the grace in this manner:---`Benedicite, Jesus Maria, you are the most obstinate man that ever I saw; gif I had known that ye had been so stubborn, I would not for a thousand crowns have handled you so; I never did so to man before you.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
If Moses, Cyrus, Theseus, and Romulus had been unarmed they could not have enforced their constitutions for long--as happened in our time to Fra Girolamo Savonarola, who was ruined with his new order of things immediately the multitude believed in him no longer, and he had no means of keeping steadfast those who believed or of making the unbelievers to believe.
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She felt a little calmer then, and bought Fra Angelico's "Coronation," Giotto's "Ascension of St.
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