friarship

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

friar +‎ -ship

Noun[edit]

friarship (countable and uncountable, plural friarships)

  1. The state, personality, or character of a friar.
    • 1826, Frederick Reynolds, The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds:
      What was my astonishment, when I began to examine my new domicile, to find that my amusing acquaintance conjoined to his friarship the respectable trades of itinerant carpenter and chandler.
  2. A compellation for a friar.
    his friarship
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