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Fra [frah] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun Roman Catholic Church. a title of address for a friar or brother. Liberaldictionary.com

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Origin of Fra 1885–90; Italian, shortened form of frate brother, monk Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for fra Historical Examples of fra

You’re not fra Wales or the border counties, zur, that be very clear.’

Micah Clarke

Arthur Conan Doyle

But Fra Filippo, the brother-in-law, took her back with him.

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E. M. Forster

“You are moved by this knowledge, Fra Gervasio,” she said and sighed.

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Raphael Sabatini

That evening at supper I chanced to mention the matter to Fra Gervasio.

The Strolling Saint

Raphael Sabatini

She looked appealingly at Fra Gervasio, who stood glum and frowning.

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British Dictionary definitions for fra Fra noun brother: a title given to an Italian monk or friar Word Origin for Fra Italian, short for frate brother (in either natural or religious sense), from Latin frāter brother Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012