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frater
1[ frey-ter ]
noun
- a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- a member of a college or university fraternity.
frater
2[ frey-ter ]
noun
- the refectory of a religious house.
frater
1/ ˈfreɪtə /
noun
- archaic.a refectory
frater
2/ ˈfreɪtə /
noun
- a mendicant friar or a lay brother in a monastery or priory
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Example Sentences
Uncle Jack was not much of a scholar, but he knew enough Latin to answer, "Salve tantundem, mi frater."
Praefectus praesidii Tarentini deperibat amore mulierculae, cuius frater in exercitu Fabii erat.
In the first of these letters Seneca hopes his brother Paul is well: "Bene te valere, frater, cupio."
The refectory, sometimes called the fratry or frater-house, was the common hall for all conventual meals.
Ecce, ego idcirco vocavi te, frater carissime, ut exemplo mei talia discas operari.
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