friarship

English

Etymology

From friar +‎ -ship.

Noun

friarship (countable and uncountable, plural friarships)

1. The state, personality, or character of a friar.
   • 1826, Frederick Reynolds, The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds:

     What was my astonishment, when I began to examine my new domicile, to find that my amusing acquaintance conjoined to his friarship the respectable trades of itinerant carpenter and chandler.

2. A compellation for a friar.

   his friarship