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FRANCISCAN ORDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Franciscan order mean?
• FRANCISCAN ORDER (noun)
The noun FRANCISCAN ORDER has 1 sense:
1. a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century
Familiarity information: FRANCISCAN ORDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Franciscan order" is a kind of...):
monastic order; order (a group of person living under a religious rule)
Meronyms (members of "Franciscan order"):
Franciscan; Grey Friar (a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order)
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