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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 White fri·ar Eccl. A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order.  See Carmelite.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 White Friar
      n : a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the
          Carmelite order; mendicant preachers [syn: Carmelite]