In that country the preachers are not like our mendicant orders of friars--they have two or three suits of clothing, and they wash sometimes. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
An abbot and a dozen beggarly friars is all we have. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
When at last a pope was appointed, he despatched two Dominican friars to convert the greatest power in Asia to his rule! 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
This was already beginning in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries with the appearance of the Black and Grey Friars (chap. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
He was joined by great multitudes of disciples, and so the first Friars of the Franciscan Order came into existence. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
I speak of the Dominican friars--men who wear a coarse, heavy brown robe and a cowl, in this hot climate, and go barefoot. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.