different between friar vs cleric

English

Alternative forms

• frier, fryar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English frere, from Old French frere, from Latin fr?ter (“brother”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?réh?t?r (“brother”). Doublet of frater and brother.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?a??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?a??/
• Rhymes: -a??(r)
• Homophones: frier, fryer

Noun

friar (plural friars)

1. A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
2. (printing, dated) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
3. An American fish, the silverside.

Synonyms

• (member of religious order): brother, frater or father

Coordinate terms

• (member of religious order): sister
• (white patch on a printed page): monk

Derived terms

Translations

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From fri (“to ask for (someone's) hand in marriage”) +? -ar.

Noun

friar m (definite singular friaren, indefinite plural friarar, definite plural friarane)

1. one (traditionally a man) who proposes marriage

Related terms

• frieri (“marriage proposal”)

References

• “friar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• firar

Swedish

Verb

friar

1. present tense of fria.

Anagrams

• firar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cl?ricus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kl?rikós), from ?????? (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”). Many officers at Athens obtained their offices by lot, as opposed to election (Liddell and Scott). Doublet of clerk.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kl???k/
• Rhymes: -???k

Noun

cleric (plural clerics)

1. A clergy member.
2. (role-playing games) A spellcaster class that receives their spells (especially healing) from their deity.

Related terms

• clergy
• clergyman
• clerical
• clerk

Translations

Further reading

• cleric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• cleric in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• cleric at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Circle, circle

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin clericus

Noun

cleric m (plural clerici)

1. cleric

Declension