Grey Friar


noun
  1. a Franciscan friar

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How to use Grey Friar in a sentence

  • The whole of the Charterhouse breathes the old man's spirit; is perambulated by his frail ghost, the shadow of a Grey Friar.

  • Just punishment of a Grey Friar for the unwonted penance that he would have laid upon a maiden.

  • Wicked act of a Grey Friar of Perigord, who, while a husband was dancing at his wedding, went and took his place with the bride.

  • But according to these principles the Grey Friar ought to have left us enough to carry us through our journey.

    Candide | Voltaire
  • Among them appears-477- a Grey Friar, an object of both reverence and dread to those near him.