"Greyfriars" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: As a common British placename, typically derived from having been the site of a Franciscan friary prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Head templates: {{en-prop}} Greyfriars
  1. (Catholicism) Synonym of Franciscans: the Order of the Friars Minor. Categories (topical): Catholicism, Male people, Monasticism, People Synonyms: Franciscans [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Greyfriars-en-name-b1HaS1af Disambiguation of Male people: 76 4 9 12 Disambiguation of Monasticism: 42 7 14 37 Disambiguation of People: 72 3 19 6 Categories (other): Wikipedia with redundant first parameter Disambiguation of Wikipedia with redundant first parameter: 44 28 12 16 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
  2. Any of various other towns and villages in the United Kingdom. Categories (place): Oxfordshire, England
    Sense id: en-Greyfriars-en-name-OH5NycJZ Disambiguation of Oxfordshire, England: 9 72 6 13
  3. (Oxford City) Greyfriars, Oxford. Categories (topical): Monasticism
    Sense id: en-Greyfriars-en-name-MLyjkcFw Disambiguation of Monasticism: 42 7 14 37 Categories (other): Oxford English

Noun

Etymology: As a common British placename, typically derived from having been the site of a Franciscan friary prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} Greyfriars
  1. plural of Greyfriar Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Greyfriar Categories (topical): Monasticism
    Sense id: en-Greyfriars-en-noun-TUNEkTjA Disambiguation of Monasticism: 42 7 14 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 15 29 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 14 27 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 13 26 42
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