Franciscan+friar
11Franciscan — Ordum Fratrum Minorum Order of Friars Minor …
12friar minor conventual — noun (plural friars minor conventual) Usage: usually capitalized F&M&C : a friar belonging to a division of the Franciscan order that follows a modified rule of St. Francis * * * pl. Friars Minor Conventual. Rom. Cath. Ch. a friar belonging to a… …
13Franciscan — Synonyms and related words: Albigensian, Augustinian, Augustinian Hermit, Austin Friar, Benedictine, Bernardine, Black Friar, Black Monk, Bonhomme, Brigittine, Capuchin, Carmelite, Carthusian, Catharist, Cistercian, Cluniac, Conventual, Crossed… …
14friar — A friar is a monk, and would therefore normally be addressed as ‘brother’, but ‘friar’, used on its own or followed by a name, seems to have been used in former times. Friars were properly members of the mendicant orders of the Roman Catholic… …
15Franciscan Order in modern times — This article chronicles the spread of the Franciscan Order of Roman Catholic friars in Modern Times.New CongregationsThe regulations of Pope Leo X brought a notable increase of strength to the Observantist branch, and many conventual houses… …
16friar — n 1. mendicant, monk, monastic, almsman, beggar, brother; father, padre, priest; prior, abbot, abbé 2.Franciscan, Gray Friar; Dominican, Black Friar; Carmelite, White Friar; Augustinian, Austin Friar …
17Friar Minor — pl. Friars Minor. Rom. Cath. Ch. a friar belonging to the branch of the Franciscan order that observes the strict rule of St. Francis. Cf. capuchin (def. 4), Friar Minor Conventual. [1520 30] * * * …
18Friar Minor Conventual — pl. Friars Minor Conventual. Rom. Cath. Ch. a friar belonging to a branch of the Franciscan order that separated from the Observants in the 15th century, and that observes a modification of the rule of St. Francis. Also called Conventual. Cf.… …
19friar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. monk, brother; fra. See clergy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. brother, monk, mendicant, begging friar, abbot, father, padre, abbé, curé, prior, pilgrim, penitent, holy man, palmer, Dominican, Franciscan,… …
20friar minor — noun (plural friars minor) Usage: usually capitalized F&M Etymology: Middle English frere menour, from Old French frere meneur : a friar belonging to a division of the Franciscan order that follows the unmodified rule of St. Francis …
