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Recent Examples of friar
In recent years, Joe cooked for the friars at St. Francis and at 1883 Kitchen at Kroger, Downtown.
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
In recent years, Joe Tucker spent his time cooking for the friars at Saint Francis Seraph Catholic Church, in Over-the-Rhine, and working shifts at the On-the-Rhine Eatery inside the downtown Kroger.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2024
The sanctuary was founded by the Franciscan friar Bartolomeo de Ivrea who reported witnessed a Marian apparition on in 1480.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2024
The best scenes touch on the various ways in which the friars try to connect with God.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
In recent years, Joe Tucker spent his time cooking for the friars at Saint Francis Seraph Catholic Church, in Over-the-Rhine, and working shifts at the On-the-Rhine Eatery inside the downtown Kroger.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2024
The sanctuary was founded by the Franciscan friar Bartolomeo de Ivrea who reported witnessed a Marian apparition on in 1480.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2024
The best scenes touch on the various ways in which the friars try to connect with God.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friar
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Apollo 11 – The wonderous time capsule from Todd Douglas Miller, the result of his monk’s work in the NASA archive.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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Thomas O’Connor legally changed his name to Santa Claus in 2005 and is a monk, child welfare activist and local city council member.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
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In Thank You for Your Servitude, which for my money is the only truly interesting book about the Trump presidency, author Mark Leibovich goes into harrowing detail about how the modern GOP readily turned itself into a gaggle of mendicants to serve Trump on bended knee.Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 29 Apr. 2023
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All these words strike me as vaguely offensive except for mendicant and supplicant.Stephen Miller, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021
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His venue, the Tabernacle, hosted church services, preachers, lecturers and community events.Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2024
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The abolitionist, women’s rights advocate and preacher was born into slavery in New York, sold four times, then escaped in 1826.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024
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Buddhist organizations, whose members are also known to skew older, have been trying to connect with younger people by updating the image of monastics, usually known for their no-nonsense asceticism.Koh Ewe, TIME, 13 May 2024
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Over the past 2,000 years, Buddhist teachings have encountered distortions and alterations due to mistranslation and misinterpretation of Buddha-dharma by Buddhist patriarchs, eminent monastics, and Buddhist scholars.Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
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And the reverend’s response reveals a contradiction that many Black Christian women have faced: They are encouraged to seek spiritual freedom but are still expected to remain subservient.Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
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The Clergy Council’s website has been scrubbed of several references to the reverend’s position as president there.Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Founded by South Korean cleric David Jang in 2000, the university remains the subject of a labor trafficking and visa fraud probe by Homeland Security Investigations and could face charges, according to agency emails.Newsweek, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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With the cleric’s support, messages from the mosque emphasized the importance of the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine and urged parents to ensure their children were fully vaccinated.UNICEF USA, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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King Sverre of Norway personally provided information to the writer, Icelandic abbot Karl Jónsson, and instructed him on the details of the saga, Brink added.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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The abbot told him to begin every morning by performing exactly 108 bows, a meditation exercise in Korean Buddhism.Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
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David Niven is a young bishop who's so tripped up by ambition and the desire to build a cathedral that he's forgotten what's truly important...even his own family.James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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When Juan Diego returned to the bishop and opened the tilma to show them the roses, an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared printed on the fabric.Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Friar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friar. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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