Usually means: Catholic religious order following Francis.
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  1. Franciscans: Merriam-Webster
  2. Franciscans: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Franciscans: Vocabulary.com
  4. Franciscan's, Franciscans: Wordnik
  5. franciscans: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Franciscans: Wiktionary
  7. Franciscans: Dictionary.com
  8. Franciscans: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Franciscans: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  10. Franciscans: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Franciscans: Encyclopedia

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  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  (Catholicism) Synonym of Order of Friars Minor: the religious order of friars founded by St Francis of Assisi.

Similar:
gray friar, Order of Friars Minor, Friars Minor, Friar Minor, Greyfriars, grayfriar, grey friar, Franciscanism, friar, Frier, more...

Opposite:
dominicans, jesuits, augustinians

Types:
mendicants, monks, priests, brothers, more...

Phrases:
san franciscans, more...

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Similar:
gray friar, Order of Friars Minor, Friars Minor, Friar Minor, Greyfriars, grayfriar, grey friar, Franciscanism, friar, Frier, more...

Opposite:
dominicans, jesuits, augustinians

Types:
mendicants, monks, priests, brothers, more...

Phrases:
san franciscans, more...



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