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Definition of Friers
1. frier [n] - See also: frier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Friers
Literary usage of Friers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"7 friers, 1 Novia-. 26. York, Carmel, the Prior, 9 friers, ... Yorksh. the Prior
and 9 friers. 11. York, the H. Trin. the Minister and 10 Priests. ..."
2. Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Simon Fraser (1797)
"There were nuns alfo of this order, but not in England. or Mmsr friers, the one
from their grey cloathing, thq other name they ..."
3. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley (1780)
"... THE EPILOGUE AT BLACK-friers. f\NCE more the Author, ere you rife, doth fay,
Though he ba<ve publick ... Had thronged theatres, and Black-friers been. ..."
4. The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of MDCXXIII by William Shakespeare (1862)
"As it hath beetle diverse times acted at the Globe, and at the Black- friers, by
his Maiesties Sentants. Written by "William Shakespeare. ..."
5. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... is of barefoot friers of the Order of S. Francis of the Province of S. Joseph,
who have bin great Examples, with great profit unto them of those Parts. ..."
6. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... is of barefoot friers of the Order of S. Francis of the Province of S. Joseph,
who have bin great Examples, with great profit unto them of those Parts. ..."
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