fra

Definition

A title of a friar or monk: brother.

Etymology

PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr From Italian frate. See friar.

Example Sentences

• "You have at Naples your Fra Bernardino; / And I at Fondi have my Fra Bastiano, / The famous artist, who has come from Rome / To paint my portrait."
• "The writer has spoken to his two companions, Fathers Eliseus and Elias, desiring them to go, if only to gather intelligence about those parts; but both are of one mind that the basis of operations, as laid down by Fra Simon, is not substantiated […]"
• ""She is in the hands of Mrs. Coulter," said Fra Pavel."