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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 centuryplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FRANCISCAN ORDER (noun)


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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