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Grey friar
[See grey a. 2.]
1. A member of the order of Franciscan or Minor friars, founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1210 (see quot. 1838). Grey Friars, a convent of this order.
a1310in Wright Lyric P. 110 He leneþ on is forke ase a grey frere. c1400Gamelyn 529 Than seyde a gray frere, ‘Allas! sire abbot’ [etc.]. 1506Sir R. Guylforde Pilgr. (Camden) 6 Saterdaye was the feeste of seynt Antony, whiche was a Grey Frere, and lyeth ryght fayre at the Grey Freres there. 1545Brinklow Compl. (title), Roderyck Mors, somtyme a gray fryre. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 380 Scho wessit the blak freiris, the gray⁓freiris, the auld colledge and the new colledge. 1626L. Owen Spec. Jesuit. (1629) 17, I saw this Mason in his Gray-Friers-Frocke. 1838Penny Cycl. X. 446/1 The followers of St. Francis were called Franciscans, Grey, or Minor Friars; the first name they had from their founder; the second from their grey clothing.
2. pl. transf. (See quot.)
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Grey-friars, a name given to the oxen of Tuscany, with which the Mediterranean fleet was supplied. |