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Monk versus friar


ROBINDESBOIS October 30, 2009 08:47 AM
Monk versus friar
 
what is the difference between monk and friar?

Perikles October 30, 2009 09:00 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS (Post 58672)
what is the difference between monk and friar?
Monk: (from the Greek monos = alone) A member of a community of men living apart from the world under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Friar: (from Latin frater, brother) A brother or member of any religious Roman Catholic order, usually one of the 4 mendicant orders of Franciscans, Augustines, Dominicans and Carmelites. Also several kinds of fish, and a few birds. :D

So the key difference is in the root of the name. :)

pjt33 October 30, 2009 10:39 AM
That and the specifically Christian (not just RC: Anglican as well) connotation of friar, whereas you can talk of a Buddhist monk.

chileno October 30, 2009 10:12 PM
¿I guess it would be the same difference as in monje and fraile?

pjt33 October 31, 2009 02:21 AM
Eso.

ROBINDESBOIS November 01, 2009 05:11 AM
Exacto, y cual es la diferencia entre monje y fraile.?

chileno November 01, 2009 06:50 AM
What Perikles and pjt33 said. :D


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