0 a man belonging to one of several Roman Catholic religious groups, whose members often promise to stay poor
1 a member of a religious group of men who often work as teachers
Although these are, as a rule, spacious buildings and were formerly inhabited well-nigh exclusively by friars, they can not properly be called monasteries.
Beside the decaying church stood a refectory far gone in ruin, that once had housed a dozen friars.
On his saying that he wished to see the friar Roger, the priest was shown into a waiting room, where the monk soon joined them.
The worthy friar took pity on him and gave him a clean white shirt of his own.
