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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Fra
 
PRONUNCIATION:  frä
NOUN: Roman Catholic Church Used as a title for an Italian monk or friar; brother.
ETYMOLOGY:Italian, short for frate, brother, from Latin frter. See bhrter- in Appendix I.
 
 
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