Definitions for franciscans

franciscans Fran·cis·can

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

Franciscans is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 393 anagrams from letters in franciscans (aaccfinnrss).

Definitions for franciscans

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 franciscans

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

Examples for franciscans

Certainly it is not for the franciscans that one remembers Francis of Assisi.

But they all said they were not prepared; and so did the franciscans.

Boniface ordered the spiritual franciscans to conform to the rule of the conventuals.

The order of franciscans then spread rapidly through all countries.

The franciscans had entered and taken their places in silence.

The next day the franciscans performed a service of the same kind for him.

He is much with the franciscans, who have a convent at Rostino.

Here there happened to be a small house belonging to the franciscans.

But what architect can the Frati Minori (the franciscans) have employed to build that spire for them?

He was one of the franciscans who had accompanied Gomez Arias to the scaffold.

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