noun
Friends
frehndz
noun
1
The Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement better known as the Quakers, founded on the idea that anyone can experience God directly without clergy or ritual.
"Her grandparents were Friends and worshipped in near-silence every Sunday."
"The Friends meeting house had no altar, pulpit, or stained glass."
How to Use Friends
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishCapitalized like this, "Friends" is a name for the Quakers, not the ordinary word for people you're close to.
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Only capitalize it this way when you mean the religious group — for the everyday word, use lowercase "friends."
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