Friar
Robed begging cleric
A friar is a member of certain Roman Catholic religious orders—Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
Unlike monks, who withdraw into monasteries, friars live among laypeople and support themselves through work or begging rather than land ownership.
The term appears in names like Friar Tuck from Robin Hood legend.
The friars preached in the town square.
Mendicant order member
- DominicanPreaching order member
- AugustinianOf a fourth-century theologian
- CarmeliteCatholic contemplative order member
- beggarOne who asks for charity
alms · poverty · wandering · itinerant · barefoot · simplicity · charity · humility
Cloistered religious devotee
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- habitSettled regular tendency
- tonsureRitual scalp shaving
- vowsSolemn binding promises
brother · clergy · celibacy · order · cloister · chapel · piety · prayer
Historic English ecclesiastical seat
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- pardonerOne granting forgiveness
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
Chaucer · illumination · cathedral · crusade · feudal · plague · absolution · relic
Franciscan
Mendicant order member
- DominicanPreaching order member
- AugustinianOf a fourth-century theologian
- CarmeliteCatholic contemplative order member
beggar · alms · poverty · wandering · itinerant · barefoot · simplicity · charity · humility · pilgrimage
monk
Cloistered religious devotee
vows · brother · clergy · celibacy · order · cloister · chapel · piety · prayer · devotion
Canterbury
Historic English ecclesiastical seat
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- pardonerOne granting forgiveness
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
Chaucer · scriptorium · illumination · cathedral · crusade · feudal · plague · absolution · relic · indulgence
Tuck
Proper name designation
fritter · fried · doughnut · pastry · batter · confection · sweet · apple · deep-fried · recipe
Tuck
Proper name designation
- Robin HoodLegendary forest-dwelling archer
- SherwoodFabled English woodland
- LawrenceKansas university city
Romeo · Juliet · Shakespeare · merry · jovial · portly · ale · roguish · outlaw · ballad
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- Plumsprune, red plum, black plum, yellow plum, Victoria
- ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury, pilgrims, Wife of Bath, Knight's Tale
Friarprince-bishop
Cleric ruling as monarch
cardinal · bishop · pope · prelate · archbishop
- Friar TuckMerry Men's chaplain
- Friar LawrenceRobed romantic meddler
- Grey FriarFranciscan monk or friar