Dictionary Entry
franciscan
franciscan is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 21 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans.
- 2noun
A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. They are called also Friars Minor; and in England, Gray Friars, because they wear a gray habit.
- 3noun
a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
- 4adjective
of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him
"Franciscan monks"
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