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Friar Minor
noun
, Roman Catholic Church.
, plural Friars Minor.
- a friar belonging to the branch of the Franciscan order that observes the strict rule of St. Francis.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Friar Minor1
First recorded in 1200–50; friar ( def ), minor ( def )
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Example Sentences
Overpowered with dread, he said he was a Friar Minor; but they said, “You lie, for you do not walk barefooted.”
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What should he say of that Friar Minor, the famous preacher of S——, who had been found dead of a surfeit of melons and white wine?
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It remains for us to give an account of the academic, or rather scholastic career of a Friar Minor at Oxford.
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There were to be annually elected two rectors, the one a Friar Minor, the other a secular.
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