Definitions for Franciscan

Franciscan Fran·cis·can

Spelling: [fran-sis-kuh n]
IPA: /frænˈsɪs kən/

Franciscan is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 343 anagrams from letters in Franciscan (aaccfinnrs).

Definitions for Franciscan

adjective

  1. of or relating to St. Francis or the Franciscans.

noun

  1. a member of the mendicant order founded by St. Francis in the 13th century.

Origin of Franciscan

1585-95; Medieval Latin Francisc(us) St. Francis of Assisi + -an

Examples for Franciscan

He spoke to a priest who served a convent of Franciscan nuns.

He wore the hooded brown habit and sandals of a Franciscan Capuchin friar.

After that, the husband called in the Franciscan; they went out, and disappeared.

You will see, in the May Fors, reflections upon the temptations to the life of a Franciscan.

Eight centuries later, a smiling Father Paul was now preaching the gospel in the Franciscan way among the homeless.

The Samgha resembled the Franciscan more than the other great Christian orders.

Preach often,” he urged his brothers in religion, according to Franciscan tradition, “and use words if necessary.

In one town, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like prisoners of war after burning their Franciscan school.

The great works of Giotto are in the lower church of the Franciscan monastery.

The Franciscan claims he kept the seventh nail, but doesn't show it to Baglio or anyone else in the story.

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