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Friar Minor

noun

Etymology

A calque of Medieval Latin Fratres Minores (“the Lesser Brothers”), both directly and via Old French freres meneurs and Norman freres menures, a name supposedly chosen by St Francis to inculcate humility.

  1. derived from freres menures
  2. derived from freres meneurs
  3. derived from Fratres Minores

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Franciscan

    Synonym of Franciscan: a member of the Order of the Friars Minor.

    • […] So þere weren with vs ij worthi men, Frere Menoures […]
    • The Friars Preacher opened their studium generale at St. Jacques, Paris, in 1229, the Friars Minor theirs in 1231.

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