Usually means: Catholic religious order founded by Francis.
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  1. Franciscan: Merriam-Webster
  2. Franciscan: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Franciscan: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Franciscan: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Franciscan: Vocabulary.com
  6. Franciscan: Wordnik
  7. Franciscan, franciscan: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Franciscan: Wiktionary
  9. Franciscan: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Franciscan: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Franciscan, franciscan: Dictionary.com
  12. Franciscan: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Franciscan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Franciscan: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. franciscan: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. Franciscan: Rhymezone
  17. Franciscan: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. franciscan: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. franciscan: FreeDictionary.org
  20. franciscan: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Franciscan: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. franciscan: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  23. Franciscan: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Franciscan: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Franciscan)

▸ noun:  (Catholicism) A member of the Order of the Friars Minor.
▸ noun:  (Catholicism, inexact) A monk or nun of related orders such as the Poor Clares.
▸ adjective:  Of or related to St Francis of Assisi.
▸ adjective:  (Catholicism) Of or related to the Franciscans.

Similar:
gray friar, Friar Minor, greyfriar, Order of Friars Minor, Friars Minor, grey friar, grayfriar, friar, recollect, Franciscanism, more...

Opposite:
dominican, jesuit, augustinian

Types:
mendicant, beggar, almsgiver, more...

Phrases:
franciscan order, franciscan friars, San Franciscan, franciscan nuns, franciscan brothers, more...

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young, native, old, great, first, good, learned, century, true, poor, famous

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Similar:
gray friar, Friar Minor, greyfriar, Order of Friars Minor, Friars Minor, grey friar, grayfriar, friar, recollect, Franciscanism, more...

Opposite:
dominican, jesuit, augustinian

Types:
mendicant, beggar, almsgiver, more...

Phrases:
franciscan order, franciscan friars, San Franciscan, franciscan nuns, franciscan brothers, franciscan tertiaries, Franciscan Crown, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Secular Franciscan Order, more...

Adjectives:
young, native, old, great, first, good, learned, century, true, poor, famous

Colors:
    brown,     taupe,     beige,     sand,     chestnut, more...



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