curtal friar

noun

A friar with a short gown.

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Meanings

nouncurtal friar (plural curtal friars)

plural curtal friars

  1. archaicslightly derogatoryA friar with a short gown.

    Now, sirs, who hath seen our chaplain? where is our curtal Friar?

    1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
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