curtal friar

English

Noun

curtal friar (plural curtal friars)

  1. (archaic, slightly derogatory) A friar with a short gown.
    • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
      Now, sirs, who hath seen our chaplain? where is our curtal Friar?
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