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A '''Friar''' is a [[member]] of a mendicant order who live by the charity of others. The term Friar is derived from the [[Latin]] ''Frater'', though [[French]] ''frere'' meaning [[brother]]. <ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06280b.htm</ref> | A '''Friar''' is a [[member]] of a mendicant order who live by the charity of others. The term Friar is derived from the [[Latin]] ''Frater'', though [[French]] ''frere'' meaning [[brother]]. <ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06280b.htm</ref> | ||
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| + | The Dominican friars, to which [[Thomas Aquinas]] belong, are an example. | ||
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