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PRONUNCIATION OF FRIAR'S LANTERN

friar's lantern play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRIAR'S LANTERN

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Friar's lantern is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FRIAR'S LANTERN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

friar's lantern

Will-o'-the-wisp

A will-o'-the-wisp /ˌwɪl ə ðə ˈwɪsp/ or ignis fatuus are atmospheric ghost lights seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes. It resembles a flickering lamp and is said to recede if approached, drawing travellers from the safe paths. The phenomenon is known by a variety of names, including jack-o'-lantern, friars's lantern, hinkypunk, and hobby lantern in English folk belief, well attested in English folklore and in much of European folklore.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRIAR'S LANTERN

friability
friable
friableness
friand
friar
Friar Minor
Friar Tuck
friar´s balsam
friarbird
friaries
friarly
Friars Minor
friary
frib
fribble
fribbler
fribblish
Fribourg
fricandeau
fricandeaux

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRIAR'S LANTERN

Chinese lantern
Comintern
dark lantern
eastern
extern
intern
jack-o´-lantern
Japanese lantern
Komintern
lantern
magic lantern
Middle Eastern
northwestern
paper lantern
pattern
southeastern
southwestern
stern
storm lantern
western

Synonyms and antonyms of friar's lantern in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «friar's lantern» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRIAR'S LANTERN

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Translator English - Chinese

修士的灯笼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

linterna del fraile
570 millions of speakers

English

friar´s lantern
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तपस्वी की लालटेन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فانوس الراهب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Фонарь монаха
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lanterna do frade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বর্গের লণ্ঠন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la lanterne de frère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanglung friar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mönch Laterne
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

修道士のランタン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수사 의 등불
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lantern´s friar
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

đèn lồng tu sĩ của
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரியரின் விளக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शुक्रवारच्या कंदील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kâhin fener
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lanterna del frate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Latarnia mnicha
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ліхтар монаха
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

felinar Friar lui
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φανάρι μοναχός του
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

monnik se lantern
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

friar lykta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

friar lykt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of friar's lantern

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRIAR'S LANTERN»

The term «friar's lantern» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.037 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRIAR'S LANTERN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about friar's lantern

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRIAR'S LANTERN»

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Friar's Lantern
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
G. G. (George Gordon) Coulton, Professor G G Coulton, 2012
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The Witches of Friar's Lantern
In this story, the Witches' Executive Committee continues its test to learn whether Beatrice is worthy to become a "Classical Witch, " capable of working important magic.
Sandra Forrester, 2003
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Friar's Lantern
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
G g. 1858-1947 Coulton, 2010
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The Friar's Lantern: Mission: Le Miroir Sans Visage -the ...
The events in this story are fictionalaThe aFaceless Mirror, a however, is not fiction, but quite real.
Daniel Will, 2008
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The Poetical works
And he, by friar's lantern led, &c. "Friar's lantern," is the Jack-and-lantern, which led peoplein the night into marshes and waters. Milton gives the philosophy of this superstition, "Paradise Lost," b. ix. 634 — 642. In the midst of a solemn and ...
John Milton, 1853
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Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Marmton. fine was pinched, and pulled, ahe aatd : A ud be by Friar's lantern led. Milton : L'AlUgro, 103. Friars Major (Fratris majo'res). The Domin'icans. Friars Minor (Fratris mino'rgs). The Francis'cans. Friar's Tale. In the Canterbury Tales a  ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 2001
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Art Across America: A Comprehensive Guide to American Art ...
"This friendly, affordable guide to some 1,700 museums with art collections is a perfect resource to hand the art lover who wants to know what museums and other public exhibition spaces to visit in an area.
John J. Russell, Thomas S. Spencer, 2000
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The Witches of Sea-Dragon Bay: The Adventures of Beatrice Bailey
She and her friends must now spend time in the village of Friar's Lantern, a town surrounded by eerie swamps and located uncomfortably close to a menacing neighboring village called Werewolf Close. On a nighttime excursion they ...
Sandra Forrester, 2003
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Beyond Spirit Tailings: Montana's Mysteries, Ghosts, and ...
They have been known to different ages and cultures by many descriptive epithets. Ancient Romans called them ignis fatuus (literally "foolish fire") and in seventeenth-century England they were known as "friar's lantern" or "will o'the wisp.
Ellen Baumler, 2005
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Ten Tales
Nobody was worth more than anybody else, and every external honor, every degree, every prize was a friar's lantern, useless, senseless. Vying for one glory after another was as vain, as insipid, as futile as discussion; faith defended with ...
Leopoldo Alas, 2000

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRIAR'S LANTERN»

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Malvern Prep senior Brian Tatlow is Main Line Student of the Week …
... of Malvern Prep's Empty Bowls, and is co-editor-in-chief of the school newspaper as well as co-editor of the student blog, the Friar's Lantern. «Main Line, Jan 14»

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