White Friar

White Friar

n.

See Carmelite.

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[From the color of the habit.]

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white friar

n

(Christianity / 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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Noun

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White Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers Carmelite Carmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel - a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century friar, mendicant - a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms