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  1. A monk of any order, but originally the title
  2. of members of the mendicant (begging) orders,
  3. the chief of which were the Franciscans or
  4. Minors (Grey Friars), the Dominicans or
  5. Preachers (Black Friars), the Carmelites
  6. (White Friars), and Augustinians (Austin
  7. Friars).
  8.