1. (a.) Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans.
2. (n.) A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. They are called also Friars Minor; and in England, Gray Friars, because they wear a gray habit.
Thesaurus Entries
Albigensian, Augustinian, Augustinian Hermit, Austin Friar, Benedictine, Bernardine, Black Friar, Black Monk, Bonhomme, Brigittine, Capuchin, Carmelite, Carthusian, Catharist, Cistercian, Cluniac, Conventual, Crossed Friar, Crutched Friar, Dominican, Friar Minor, Gilbertine, Gray Friar, Hospitaler, Jesuit, Loyolite, Marist, Maryknoll, Minorite, Observant, Oratorian, Premonstratensian, Recollect, Recollet, Redemptorist, Sabbatarian, Templar, Trappist, Waldensian, White Friar, abstainer, anchorite, ascetic, begging hermit, bhikshu, dervish, fakir, flagellant, hermit, mendicant, preaching friar, puritan, sannyasi, yogi, yogin
