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In some senses, fra is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
fra
/fɹɑː/
noun 3adv 1name 1
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3ADJ.
famous
VERB + FRA
said
FRA + NOUN
bastiano, bernardino, pavel
Definitions
noun
1
A title of a friar or monk: brother.
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 […]
adv
1
Archaic form of fro.
noun
1
a title for a Roman Catholic monk or friar; equivalent to Brother
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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.
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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
Wiktionary03
"She is in the hands of Mrs. Coulter," said Fra Pavel.
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