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FRANCISCAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Franciscan mean? 

FRANCISCAN (noun)
  The noun FRANCISCAN has 1 sense:

1. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan orderplay

  Familiarity information: FRANCISCAN used as a noun is very rare.


FRANCISCAN (adjective)
  The adjective FRANCISCAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by himplay

  Familiarity information: FRANCISCAN used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FRANCISCAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Franciscan; Grey Friar

Hypernyms ("Franciscan" is a kind of...):

friar; mendicant (a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms)

Holonyms ("Franciscan" is a member of...):

Franciscan order (a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century)


FRANCISCAN (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Franciscan monks

Pertainym:

Francis of Assisi ((Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226))

Derivation:

St. Francis ((Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226))


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