Grey Friar

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noun

a Franciscan friar

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Words nearby Grey Friar

grey duck, greyed out, grey eminence, grey-faced petrel, grey fox, Grey Friar, grey gum, grey-headed, greyhen, grey heron, greyhound

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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.
Highways and Byways in London|Mrs. E. T. Cook.
Just punishment of a Grey Friar for the unwonted penance that he would have laid upon a maiden.
The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre|Margaret, Queen of Navarre
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.
The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre|Margaret, Queen of Navarre
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.
The Complete Opera Book|Gustav Kobb