Friar vs. Sister

Friarnoun

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).

Friarnoun

A white or pale patch on a printed page.

Friarnoun

An American fish, the silverside.

Friarnoun

A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary.

Friarnoun

A white or pale patch on a printed page.

Friarnoun

An American fish; the silversides.

Friarnoun

a male member of a religious order that originally relied soley on alms

Friar

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.

Sisternoun

A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.

Sisternoun

A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.

Sisternoun

Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.

Sisternoun

(British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.

Sisternoun

Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.

Sisternoun

(slang) A black woman.

Sisternoun

(informal) A form of address to a woman.

Sisternoun

A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.

Sisternoun

(attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.

Sisternoun

(comptheory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.

Sisternoun

Something in the same class.

Sisterverb

To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.

Sisterverb

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

Sisternoun

A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother.

Sisternoun

A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.

Sisternoun

One of the same kind, or of the same condition; - generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.

Sisterverb

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

Sisternoun

a female person who has the same parents as another person;

Sisternoun

(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address);

Sisternoun

a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group;

Sisternoun

sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

Sister

A sister is a woman or girl who shares one or more parents with another individual. The male counterpart is a brother.