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Franciscan, a. and n.|franˈsɪskən|
[f. med.L. Francisc-us Francis + -an.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to the order of St. Francis; pertaining to the Franciscans.
[1577Frampton Joyful News i. (1596) 26 A Passenger..did aduertise mee that a Frauncis Frier, etc.] 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. v. ii. 1 Holy Franciscan Frier, Brother, ho? 1667Milton P.L. iii. 480 They who..Dying put on the weeds of Dominic, Or in Franciscan think to pass disguised. 1865Pusey Truth Eng. Ch. 36 The long Franciscan controversy about poverty.
B. n. A friar of the order founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 67 The Franciscans..in the time of Sixtus Quintus..are sayd to have beene found by survey to be xxx. thousand. 1677Plot Oxfordsh. 216 This Learned Franciscan did so far excel the ancient Magicians. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) I. 143 Enthusiastic Franciscans who think the end of the world at hand.
Hence Franˈciscanism, the system and practice of St. Francis and the Franciscans.
1855Milman Lat. Chr. IV. 275 The first patron of Franciscanism, Gregory IX. |