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  • proper noun The Quakers; the Society of Friends.
  • noun Plural form of Friend.

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Examples

  • My mind being drawn towards Friends along the seacoast from Cape May to near Squan, and also to visit some people in those parts, among whom there is no settled worship, I joined with my beloved friend Benjamin Jones in a visit to them, having Friends’ unity therein.

    IX. 1763-1769 1909

  • It was attended by a large concourse of Friends and others, and a solid meeting was held on the occasion; after which, his remains were interr’d in Friends’ burial-ground at this place (Jericho, Queens County, New York.) I have thought (even presented so incompletely, with such fearful hiatuses, and in my own feebleness and waning life) one might well memorize this life of Elias Hicks.

    Notes (Such as They Are) Founded on Elias Hicks. November Boughs 1892

  • Friends Asking Friends® for local Army units nationwide to run the 2011 Online

    The Salvation Army Partners with Blackbaud to Build Comprehensive Digital Strategy - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • Among his best known works is also the title Friends, from 1985, a duo with Amii Stewart.

    AvaxHome papulya 2010

  • Among his best known works is also the title Friends, from 1985, a duo with Amii Stewart.

    AvaxHome papulya 2010

  • So, why am I dropping the word Friends from the title?

    Blog name change... marshallpayne1 2009

  • A girlfriend forcing you to watch an episode of "Friends" is proof that she never really loved you in the 1st place.

    Rumor: 'Friends' Movie in the Works - Please Be Fake! « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • "Friends" is how the two men are usually described, but even now the nature of the friendship is hard to pin down.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

  • "Friends" is how the two men are usually described, but even now the nature of the friendship is hard to pin down.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

  • "Friends" is how the two men are usually described, but even now the nature of the friendship is hard to pin down.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

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