used as a title equivalent to brother preceding the name of an Italian monk or friar

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Woodall and Swindell are joined by Stephen Rea, David Morrissey, Martha Plimpton, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jason Flemyng, Harry Lloyd, Ali Suliman, Fra Fee and Joseph Mydell in the series. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024 But Sagrario Fra experiences love as insubordination. Jamie Lang, Variety, 31 July 2024 The synopsis reads: 1972: The Ecclesiastical Court of Santiago de Compostela convicted Sagrario Fra, a shellfish harvester in Ferrol, for committing adultery. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 31 July 2024 Description: 1972: The Ecclesiastical Court of Santiago de Compostela convicted Sagrario Fra, a shellfish harvester in Ferrol, for committing adultery. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2024 With: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, Anthony Hopkins, Staz Nair, Fra Fee. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024 The New York event was attended by filmmakers Zack and Deborah Snyder and cast including Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Michiel Huisman, Ed Skrein, Staz Nair, Fra Fee, Elise Duffy, Stuart Martin and Ray Fisher. Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024 Even Fra Melitone, the opera’s odd jolt of comic relief, is played by the zesty bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi with more sourness than the norm. Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Born around 1422, when artists like Donatello, Fra Angelico, and Masaccio were at work nearby, Vespasiano was apprenticed to a bookseller at the age of eleven. Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Italian, short for frate, from Latin frater — more at brother

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Fra was in 1722

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“Fra.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Fra. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.

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