frater

¹ American  

[fray-ter] / ˈfreɪ tər /

noun

1. a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.

2. a member of a college or university fraternity.

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frater ² American  

[fray-ter] / ˈfreɪ tər /

noun

Ecclesiastical History Obsolete.

1. the refectory of a religious house.

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frater ¹ British  

/ ˈfreɪtə /

noun

1. a mendicant friar or a lay brother in a monastery or priory

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frater ² British  

/ ˈfreɪtə /

noun

1. archaic a refectory

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Etymology

Origin of frater¹

1555–65; < Latin frāter brother

Origin of frater²

1250–1300; Middle English frater, freitour < Old French fraitur, short for refreitor < Late Latin rēfectōrium refectory

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Example Sentences

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frater

The club members called themselves "friars" after the Latin word for brother, "frater."

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2011

Reluctantly, the Trib shot down the sherif and later sank the frater.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was reached by a broad flight of steps, beginning in the cloister and passing up through the frater door.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé

The first of these, beginning, “Mi frater, mi frater, mi frater,” written in a sad state of agitation and depression, is a fine specimen of eloquent and pathetic expostulation.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by John Dunlop

Elizabeth Felmersham, the Abbess, deposed that secular folk have often access to the nuns during the divine office in quire, and to the frater at meal-time....

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power

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