Composer Cesar's half brother? (3)

I believe the answer is:

fra

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'brother?' is the definition.
(title for an Italian monk)

I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for fra that I've seen before include "Brother (Italian)" , "Italian monk's title" , "Italian monk" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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