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fray.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
fray.
Principal English Translation: 

Fray, a title for a member of a religious brotherhood
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

yn tlaxcallan guardian fray min de hojacastro (Tlaxcala, 1547)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 22.

fray juan lobez (Coyoacan, circa 1550)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 25.

in totlaçotatzin pre— fray alonso de buendia sanct franco ipiltzin (Huejotzingo, 1560)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 29.

totlaçotatzin padre fray franco de loaysa vico yn quimopielia santa yglesia (Coyoacan, 1575)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 20.

totlaçotatzin padre fray franco de loaysa vico yn ipan santa yglesia villa de coyohuacan (Coyoacan, 1575)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 21.

doquartian ymahueztocatzin fr miLchior Nican techpachoticati sancta eclesea yhuan fry antris meriena prsetinti [S. Francisco Tzacualco (in west?), 1629]
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 31.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)