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breviger

breviger noun: a licensed begging friar.

Noun

breviger (plural brevigers)

  1. (historical) A licensed begging friar.
    • […] in 1383, 45s. given to the brevigers and to the poor and travellers who are more numerous this year propter flandrancie infortunum; […]1937, Sussex Archaeological Society, Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, volume 78, page 40

Forms of breviger

pluralbrevigers

Questions about breviger

What does breviger mean?
Breviger means a licensed begging friar.
What part of speech is breviger?
Breviger is a noun.
What is the plural of breviger?
The plural of breviger is brevigers.

Words near breviger in the dictionary

  1. brevidome
  2. brevidomes
  3. brevidomic
  4. brevier
  5. brevifurcate
  6. breviger
  7. brevigers
  8. brevigline
  9. brevigraph
  10. brevilineal
  11. brevilingual

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