friar
Example Sentences
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As Mr. McGurn observes, it’s ironic that Pope Leo, previously an Augustinian friar, disregards the seminal work on just-war philosophy by his order’s namesake.
One night, as she walks with Donatello along a battlement, they see the model nearby, dressed as a friar.
"Direct contact with nature gave the friars legitimacy, special spiritual powers and access to valuable natural resources including timber, crops and wild animals," Dr. Ilko says.
From Science Daily
The friar, writes Mr. Restall, portrayed Columbus as “a flawed but heroic agent of God.”
"His family were in finance and they were working really temporarily in London," says Father Paul Addison, a friar at the church.
From BBC
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