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Friars

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

An order of rellgious persons, of whom there were four principal branches, viz.: (1) Minors, Grey Friara or Franciscans; (2) Augustines; (3) Dominicans or Black Friars; (4) White Friars or Carmelites, from whom the rest descend.

Wharton.