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1.
of or pertaining to
St. Francis
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Franciscan
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noun
2.
a member of the mendicant order founded by
St. Francis
in the 13th century.
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Origin:
1585–95;
<
Medieval Latin
Francisc
(
us
) St. Francis of Assisi +
-an
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Franciscan
(frænˈsɪskən)
—
n
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
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Franciscan
1592, "friar of the order founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi" (1182-1226).
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