(The "bad Spanish friar" is a standard villain in our patriotic literature.). From Wordnik.com. [Damned if you do. Damned if you don't.] Reference
Br. Benedict Joseph was solemnly professed as a Capuchin friar on September 1, 1955. From Wordnik.com. [Three priests] Reference
A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
"The friar is the gentleman standing on one foot at your right," Hood answered. From Wordnik.com. [The Madness of May] Reference
The good bishop gently chid me for having called the friar-confessor of the Duke of Medina an ignoramus. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
The friar was a small, mean-looking man, feeling his way by the aid of hand and staff; his face upturned, craving the light. From Wordnik.com. [Gathering of Brother Hilarius] Reference
1719 the Capuchin friar, Francisco della Penna, with twelve co-workers of the same order, began a mission in. From Wordnik.com. [With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior] Reference
Jacobin professor of physic, a good kind of friar, who often made little chemical experiments which greatly amused me. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau] Reference
"Where can the thief-friar be?" muttered the student. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Turning, she saw a stout, gray-robed friar hurrying toward her. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
Carmelite friar who became possessed of it while journeying in the. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
Doubtless, I shall not be permitted to see this friar; be that your care. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
From the student to the woman, to the friar, was a chain leading -- where?. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
In the Missions the fleas were so plentiful that they could have fed a friar. From Wordnik.com. [{Pulgas}] Reference
"It may not be, fair son," said the friar, "he hath perished without absolution.". From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
"I've hunted all over for you," declared the friar, in Jerry's unmistakable tones. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
After that there was a pause, and the Spanish woman and the friar looked at each other. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
I asked, in a whisper, of my dear love, when the friar had ceased and turned away from us. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
Savonarola was, succinctly put, an angry friar who ran Renaissance Florence for a few years. From Wordnik.com. [Burn after reading except on 9/11? The Koran burning debate] Reference
The friar received the permit silently, lifted his hand in benediction, and left the apartment. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
From being a Carmelite friar at Oxford he rose to be bishop, first of Bangor, finally of Hereford. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
Fray Igoa buzzed around the adobe chamber looking concerned, and tried to talk the ailing friar through it. From Wordnik.com. [The Damned Thing Out] Reference
Dominican friar in Hispaniola — possibly the redoubtable Montesinos himself — because he was a slave-holder. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Impressive, indeed, in the eyes of the once cloistered friar must have been this first sight of Eastern splendour. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
A friar of Madrid makes it his business to find vacant places for tutors -- a friar of Cordova, in Gil Blas, does the same. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
In 1510, Martin Luther the Augustinian friar set out from his priory in Erfurt, Germany, for the thousand-mile trek to Rome. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Miles in the Footsteps of Martin Luther] Reference
The least that could be expected was, that Sir Robert should have a friar tacked on to his for the term of his natural life!. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
Dominicans; while another, a Franciscan friar who had spent much time in the Indies, is described as a brother of the Queen of Scotland. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
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