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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Italian friar or monk.
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Examples
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It is great to see someone make it! jonathan frate Says:
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Won ub dem weighs bout 20 pounds, sounded like frate train coming frew da haus!
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Gotz to shaek teh bak pawz — kant get teh frate trane unstuk enny uvver way!
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Ideea pentru autocolant bara de protecţie a lovit mine ca însumarea perfectă a mea opinii cu privire la subiect, şi am fost curios să văd cum frate mai mari s-ar re-acţioneze la el:
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Another frate who wrote about that time alluded to Fra Damiano as
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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Gwine ter take yer cross de country here, an 'put yer on er frate train, an' dat train gwine take yer to Norfolk, for yo 'sholy ain't safe on dat coas' line road.
Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. Jack Thorne
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Anstataux konstante batali inter si, elsxiri la patrujon unuj al la aliaj, perforte altrudi al si reciproke siajn lingvojn kaj morojn, ili vivos inter si pace kaj frate, en plena interkonsento ili laboros sur la tero, sur kiu ili vivas, kaj kontraux tiuj krudaj fortoj de la naturo, kiuj ilin cxiujn egale atakas.
The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians Helen Fryer
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Every brother, or frate, as he is called, who leaves the world and enters the life of the convent is given a new name, and his old name is never used again.
Knights of Art; stories of the Italian painters Amy Steedman
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Have you ever balanced the scene with the bishops in Richard III. against the character of Cranmer? the description of St. Francis and St. Dominic against that of him who made Virgil wonder to gaze upon him, -- "disteso, tanto vilmente, nell 'eterno esilio"; or of him whom Dante stood beside, "come 'l frate che confessa lo perfido assassin?"
Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various
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Bartolommeo learned from the younger artist the rules of perspective, in which he was so skilled, while Raphael owes to the _frate_ the improvement in his colouring and handling of drapery, which was noticeable in the works he produced after their meeting.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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frate- friend date
March 25, 2010