Grey Friar
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.
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 NavarreWicked 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 NavarreBut according to these principles the Grey Friar ought to have left us enough to carry us through our journey.
Candide | VoltaireAmong them appears-477- a Grey Friar, an object of both reverence and dread to those near him.
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