Franciscan
A friar of the religious order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1209, now known…A friar of the religious order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1209, now known as the Order of the Friars Minor.
» William of Ockham was an English Franciscan monk.
William of Occam war ein englischer Franziskanermönch. — brunoalbinus
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2 sensesA friar of the religious order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1209, now known as the Order of the Friars Minor.
Franziskaner, Franziskanermönch
A friar or nun of a religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order, such as (Roman Catholicism) the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (for men), Order of Friars Minor Conventual (men), Order of Saint Clare (women), or the Third Order of Saint Francis (men and women); or (Protestantism) certain orders in some Protestant churches, especially the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.
- a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
Examples
2 sentencesWilliam of Ockham was an English Franciscan monk.
deWilliam of Occam war ein englischer Franziskanermönch. — brunoalbinus
Jonas is a Franciscan.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Learned borrowing from Late Latin Franciscānus (“(noun) friar of the order of Saint FranciLearned borrowing from Late Latin Franciscānus (“(noun) friar of the order of Saint Francis; (adjective) of or from the order of Saint Francis”) + English -an (suffix forming agent nouns; and meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Franciscānus is derived from Franciscus (“the given name Francis, the name of Saint Francis of Assisi (c. 1181 – 1226)”) + Latin -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, denoting relationships of origin, position, or possession); and Franciscus from Francia (“region inhabited or ruled over by the Franka, Frankia”) (apparently a nickname from Francis’s father, an Italian merchant who worked in France) + -iscus (suffix forming adjectives).
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Forms
plural: Franciscans| Singular | Franciscan |
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Synonyms
12 synonyms- a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order:Grey Friar