friar
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The expedition grew out of the false assurances of a Franciscan friar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Cesareo, a Franciscan friar, said the "damaged" and "consumed" state of the bones showed that St Francis "gave himself completely" to his life's work.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
One of the earliest collections of Augustinian biographies she studied was written by a Florentine friar in the 1320s.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2026
A friar who knew of his struggle encouraged him to start dating a woman, but it didn’t feel natural.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2024
"Hey!" the friar shouts, lurching to his feet and gathering his brown robes around him.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
The Cordillera mountain region's animist residents adopted Christianity only after Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States in 1898, four centuries after Spanish friars had converted the people of the coasts to Catholicism.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Coronado, a nobleman around 30 years old, set out in early 1540 with 350 Spaniards, 1,500 indigenous allies and five friars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Without a single charismatic founder, the friars developed an origin story that claimed direct ties to St Augustine himself.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2026
It was closely associated with the Spanish conquest, Spanish friars acting as de facto colonial administrators and the church becoming a big landowner.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
"Sir, we are two innocent friars; we haven't kidnapped anyone," one of them protested.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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