contemptuous term for a friar, literally "shaven person," 1520s, from shave + -ling. "Very common in 16th and 17th c." [OED]. Also as an adjective (1570s).
sharpshooter
Shasta
shatter
shattering
shave
shaveling
shaver
Shavian
shaving
shavuot
shaw
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