"Friar Minor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Friars Minor [plural], Friar Minors [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|Fratres Minores||the Lesser Brothers}} Medieval Latin Fratres Minores (“the Lesser Brothers”), {{der|en|fro|freres meneurs}} Old French freres meneurs, {{der|en|nrf|freres menures}} Norman freres menures, {{nbsp}} Head templates: {{en-noun|Friars Minor|Friar Minors|head=Friar Minor}} Friar Minor (plural Friars Minor or Friar Minors)
  1. (Catholicism) Synonym of Franciscan: a member of the Order of the Friars Minor. Wikipedia link: Francis of Assisi, Friars Minor Categories (topical): Catholicism, Male people, Monasticism, People Synonyms: Franciscan [synonym, synonym-of] Coordinate_terms: Sister Minor

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