Franciscan
[fræn'siskən]
Definition
(noun.) a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order.
(adj.) of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him; 'Franciscan monks' .
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Definition
(a.) Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans.
(n.) A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. They are called also Friars Minor; and in England, Gray Friars, because they wear a gray habit.
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Definition
adj. belonging to the order of mendicant friars in the R.C. Church founded by St Francis of Assisi (1182-1226).—n. a monk of this order.
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Examples
- T HOMAS AQUINAS OVERCOMING AVERRO?S] The English Franciscan Roger Bacon (1214-12 94) deserves to be m entioned with the two great Dominicans. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He was a Franciscan of Oxford, and a very typical Englishman indeed, irritable, hasty, honest, and shrewd. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This struggle within the Franciscan Order is a very interesting one, because it foreshadows the great troubles that were coming to Christendom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was joined by great multitudes of disciples, and so the first Friars of the Franciscan Order came into existence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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