a. Obs. [f. as prec. + -ISH.] Of or pertaining to friars, friar-like.
1581. Hanmer, Answ. Jesuit’s Challenge, To Rdr. 2. In weede monkish, frierish, priestly and Pharisaicall. Ibid., 25 b. This is right Frierish, Limit or like.
