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Friar Minor en · NOUN

Etymology

A calque of Medieval Latin Fratres Minores (“the Lesser Brothers”), both directly and via Old French freres meneurs and Norman freres menures, a name supposedly chosen by St Francis to inculcate humility.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of Franciscan: a member of the Order of the Friars Minor.
    • […] So þere weren with vs ij worthi men, Frere Menoures […] c. 1410, "John Mandeville", Travels (Titus C.xvi), p. 188
    • The Friars Preacher opened their studium generale at St. Jacques, Paris, in 1229, the Friars Minor theirs in 1231. 1952, Beryl Smalley, Study of Bible in Middle Ages, p. 264

Forms

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Coordinates

Sister Minor

Synonyms

Franciscan

wikipedia: Francis of Assisi