franciscan
IPA: frænsˈɪskʌn
Root Word: Franciscan
noun
- (Catholicism) A member of the Order of the Friars Minor.
- (Catholicism, inexact) A monk or nun of related orders such as the Poor Clares.
adjective
- Of or related to St Francis of Assisi.
- (Catholicism) Of or related to the Franciscans.
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Examples of "franciscan" in Sentences
- Franciscan church and monastery.
- Franciscan Church of the Annunciation.
- The Restoration of the English Franciscans.
- Franciscan convent and cathedral of Cuernavaca.
- Augustinian and franciscan convent of Yecapixtla.
- The Franciscan Breviary spread it to many churches.
- At present, it is a redirect to the page Franciscan.
- He entered the Franciscan order at the age of seventeen.
- He is one of the founders of the Franciscan Friars of the renewal.
- By the above logic, the Franciscans are now heretics and heterodox.