who is a friar? what did the Friars do?
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A friar is a brother and a member of one of the mendicant orders founded in the twelfth or thirteenth century; the term distinguishes the mendicants' itinerant apostolic character, exercised broadly under the jurisdiction of a superior general, from the older monastic orders' allegiance to a single monastery formalized by their vow of stability. The most significant orders of friars are the Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustinians and Carmelites.
Other friars feel called to do the work of God without taking holy orders. Many Kinds of Friars Outside of Friar Tuck in Robin Hood, the Franciscan Order, named for founder St. Francis of Assisi, is probably the best-known order.
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