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Friars Minor

Friars Minor is the ellipsis of Order of Friars Minor.

Friars Minor is the plural of Friar Minor.

Meaning of Order of Friars Minor

Proper noun

the Order of Friars Minor

  1. The religious order of friars established by St Francis of Assisi.
    Synonyms:
    Franciscan Order, Seraphic Order, Franciscans, Minorites, Friars Minor, Greyfriars

Meaning of Friar Minor

Noun

Friar Minor (plural Friars Minor or Friar Minors)

  1. Synonym of Franciscan: a member of the Order of the Friars Minor.
    • […] So þere weren with vs ij worthi men, Frere Menoures […]c. 1410, "John Mandeville", Travels (Titus C.xvi), p. 188
    Synonyms:
    Franciscan

Questions about Friars Minor

What is Friars Minor the ellipsis of?
Friars Minor is the ellipsis of Order of Friars Minor.

Words near Friars Minor in the dictionary

  1. friarhoods
  2. friaries
  3. friarlike
  4. friarly
  5. friars
  6. Friars Minor
  7. Friars Preachers
  8. friars' omelettes
  9. friarship
  10. friarships
  11. Friarton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Friars Minor (page history and authors); Order of Friars Minor (page history and authors); Friar Minor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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