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Franciscan order   /frænsˈɪskən ˈɔrdər/   Listen
Franciscan order

noun
1.
A Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century.






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"Franciscan order" Quotes from Famous Books



... will come to your waist] That is, his neck will be tied, like your waist, with a rope. The friars of the Franciscan order, perhaps of all others, wear a hempen cord for a ...
— Johnson's Notes to Shakespeare Vol. I Comedies • Samuel Johnson

... Via Cavour, come at No. 69 to the Chiostro dello Scalzo. This is a cloister belonging to the Brotherhood of St. John, which was suppressed in the eighteenth century. The Brotherhood of St. John seems to have come about in this way. When Frate Elias, who succeeded S. Francesco as Minister of the Franciscan Order, began to rule after his own fashion, the Order was divided into two parts, consisting of those who followed the Rule and those who did not. The first were called Observants, the second Conventuals. The Osservanti, or Observants, remained poor, and observed all the fasts; perhaps their greatest, ...
— Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa • Edward Hutton

... on account of an error in the reckoning of Vizcaino's map, the explorers marched as far north as what is now San Francisco and discovered the Harbor that bears that name; so named later by Junipero Serra in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan Order. After continuing a fruitless search for Monterey, the expedition returned to San Diego. Junipero Serra was overjoyed at the unexpected discovery of the Harbor of San Francisco, which Portola and his companions so enthusiastically ...
— Chimes of Mission Bells • Maria Antonia Field

... about 1214, at or near Ilchester; became a friar of the Franciscan Order; studied natural philosophy and wrote, besides other works, the "Opus Majus" (described as "at once the 'Encyclopaedia' and the 'Organon' of ...
— Somerset • G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade



Words linked to "Franciscan order" :   Franciscan, monastic order, order, Grey Friar



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