It means monk, priest, priest, abbot, religious. It is only used for the mendicant communities of the Catholic Church or the Franciscan religious, the Servites, the Carmelites, the Capuchins, the Dominicans and the Augustinians. Every religious is put before Fray in his name. Common name of a cold-zone migratory marine avecilla, also known as a friar. Its scientific name is Fratercula arctica and belongs to the family Alcidae.