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Franciscan

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Noun

1. franciscan, grey friar

a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order

Adjective

2. franciscan

of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him

Example Sentences:
'Franciscan monks'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Franciscan

see synonyms of franciscan
noun
a. 
a member of any of several Christian religious orders of mendicant friars or nuns tracing their origins back to Saint Francis of Assisi; a Grey Friar
b. 
(as modifier)
a Franciscan friar

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Franciscan

see synonyms of franciscan
adjective
1. 
of Saint Francis of Assisi
2. 
designating or of the religious order founded by him in 1209: it is now divided into three branches
noun
3. 
any member of this order

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Franciscan

see synonyms of franciscan
n.
A member of an originally mendicant Roman Catholic religious order founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209 and dedicated to the virtues of humility and poverty. It is now divided into three independent branches.
adj.
Of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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