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Grey Friar

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Grey Friar

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a Franciscan friar

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Grey Friar

Grey Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order

Franciscan order - a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century

friar, mendicant - a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

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Through the centuries, other orders built near the cathedral: the Carmelite White Friars, the Franciscan Grey Friars, the Dominican Black Friars.

CANTERBURY'S LITERARY, RELIGIOUS HISTORY BECKONS VISITORS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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