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Friar

Overview

member of a mendicant male religious order in the Roman Catholic Church

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Friar Giroflée stayed in the dining-room, and drank a glass or two of wine while he was waiting for dinner. "But," said Candide to Paquette, "you looked so gay and content when I met you; you sang and you behaved so lovingly to the Theatin, that you seemed to me as happy as you pretend to be now the reverse." "Ah!
Voltaire, Candide
The chapter “OF PAQUETTE AND FRIAR GIROFLÉE.” is titled for Friar; names Friar several times.
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Whence come you, what’s your will? NURSE. [_Within._] Let me come in, and you shall know my errand. I come from Lady Juliet. FRIAR LAWRENCE. Welcome then. Enter Nurse. NURSE. O holy Friar, O, tell me, holy Friar, Where is my lady’s lord, where’s Romeo? FRIAR LAWRENCE. There on the ground, with his own tears made drunk. NURSE. O, he is even in my mistress’ case. Just in her case! O woeful sympathy! Piteous…
William Shakespeare, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The chapter “SCENE III. Friar Lawrence’s cell.” is titled for Friar; names Friar several times.
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Enter Friar Lawrence. FRIAR LAWRENCE. Romeo, come forth; come forth, thou fearful man. Affliction is enanmour’d of thy parts And thou art wedded to calamity. Enter Romeo. ROMEO. Father, what news? What is the Prince’s doom?
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
The chapter “SCENE III. Friar Lawrence’s cell.” is titled for Friar; names Friar several times.
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Mediterranean Sea

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Part of British philosophy.

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