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Franciscan [fran-sis-kuh n] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective of or relating to St. Francis or the Franciscans. noun a member of the mendicant order founded by St. Francis in the 13th century. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of Franciscan 1585–95; Medieval Latin Francisc(us) St. Francis of Assisi + -an Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for franciscans Historical Examples of franciscans
He was one of the Franciscans who had accompanied Gomez Arias to the scaffold.
Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
Certainly it is not for the Franciscans that one remembers Francis of Assisi.
John Dos Passos
The next day the Franciscans performed a service of the same kind for him.
John Foxe
The order of Franciscans then spread rapidly through all countries.
John Delafield
He is much with the Franciscans, who have a convent at Rostino.
Boswell’s Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica
James Boswell
British Dictionary definitions for franciscans Franciscan noun
- 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
- (as modifier)a Franciscan friar
Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for franciscans Franciscan
1590s, “friar of the order founded in 1209 by St. Francis (Medieval Latin Franciscus) of Assisi” (1182-1226). Also as an adjective.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper franciscans in Culture Franciscans
A religious order founded by Francis of Assisi, known, like Francis, for devotion to poverty. The Franciscans have many divisions, and include both men and women.
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