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friar (FRIGH uhr) (noun)
A member of a men's Roman Catholic group who is poor and studies or teaches about Christianity: James met the friar on his way to church.
fryer (FRIGH uhr) (noun)
1. A deep pan for cooking foods typically in oil: Greg asked his wife, "Please give me the fryer so I can get the eggs ready for breakfast."
2. A young chicken that is suitable for cooking in a deep pan: Madelin got the fryer at the local butcher's shop.
2. A young chicken that is suitable for cooking in a deep pan: Madelin got the fryer at the local butcher's shop.
An chicken egg in a monastery was quoted as saying, "My destiny is to go out of the fryer and into the friar."
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“friar”
Members of those religious orders, which originally by vow of poverty, renounced all proprietorship or ownership of material things, not only individually but also (and in this, differing from the monks) in common, relying for support on their own work and on the charity of the faithful: Mendicant Friars are also known as "begging friars" because they often ask people for donations of money.