frater
1a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
a member of a college or university fraternity.
Origin of frater
1Words Nearby frater
Other definitions for frater (2 of 2)
the refectory of a religious house.
Origin of frater
2- Also fratry.
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How to use frater in a sentence
Uncle Jack was not much of a scholar, but he knew enough Latin to answer, "Salve tantundem, mi frater."
The Caxtons, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonPraefectus praesidii Tarentini deperibat amore mulierculae, cuius frater in exercitu Fabii erat.
Selections from Viri Romae | Charles Franois L'HomondIn the first of these letters Seneca hopes his brother Paul is well: "Bene te valere, frater, cupio."
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)The refectory, sometimes called the fratry or frater-house, was the common hall for all conventual meals.
English Monastic Life | Abbot GasquetEcce, ego idcirco vocavi te, frater carissime, ut exemplo mei talia discas operari.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles Creighton
British Dictionary definitions for frater (1 of 2)
/ (ˈfreɪtə) /
a mendicant friar or a lay brother in a monastery or priory
Origin of frater
1British Dictionary definitions for frater (2 of 2)
/ (ˈfreɪtə) /
archaic a refectory
Origin of frater
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