Answer:
a member of any of certain religious orders of men, especially the four mendicant orders.
Explanation:
A friar belongs to a religious order, a group within the Catholic church. A friar is similar to a monk. Friars are like monks in that they are devoted to a religious life. ... The word friar developed in the thirteenth century from the Old French frere, "brother or friar." The Latin root is frater, or "brother."
