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Friar

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Main Entry: monk
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: man who devotes life to contemplation of god

Synonyms:

abbot, anchorite, ascetic, brother, cenobite, eremite, friar, hermit, monastic, priest, recluse, religious, solitary
Notes: the difference between a monk and a friar is that friars get out and do not stay in monasteries
Main Entry: priest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: man who is minister in Roman or Orthodox Catholic church

Synonyms:

clergyperson, cleric, curate, divine, ecclesiastic, elder, father, father confessor, friar, holy man, lama, man of God, man of the cloth, monk, padre, pontiff, preacher, rector, vicar
Main Entry: abbot
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: prior

Synonyms:

abbot-general, archabbot, friar, monk, rector
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