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Friar vs Fiar - What's the difference?

friar | fiar |

As nouns the difference between friar and fiar

is that friar is a member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars) while fiar is one in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a liferenter.

friar

English

(wikipedia friar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
  • (printing, dated) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
  • An American fish, the silverside.

    • Synonyms

    * (member of religious order) brother, frater, frater or father

    Coordinate terms

    * (member of religious order) sister

    Derived terms

    * friary * black friar * grey friar * white friar

    fiar

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a liferenter.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, on an annual basis.
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