Franciscan
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin Franciscānus (“(noun) friar of the order of Saint Francis; (adjective) of or from the order of Saint Francis”) + English -an (suffix forming agent nouns; and meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Franciscānus is derived from Franciscus (“the given name Francis, the name of Saint Francis of Assisi (c. 1181 – 1226)”) + Latin -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, denoting relationships of origin, position, or possession); and Franciscus from Francia (“region inhabited or ruled over by the Franka, Frankia”) (apparently a nickname from Francis’s father, an Italian merchant who worked in France) + -iscus (suffix forming adjectives).
Affixes: -an
Inflected forms:
form: Franciscans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A friar of the religious order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1209, now known as the Order of the Friars Minor.
pos: noun
examples: [O]ur old antient Purgatory pick-purſe, that vvas ſvvaged and covvled vvith a Franciſcan’s covvl, […]
[A] ſilly iealous fellovve, that ſeeing his child nevv borne included in a kell [i.e., caul], thought ſure a Franciſcan that vſed to come to his houſe, vvas the father of it, it vvas ſo like a Friers Covvle, and therevpon threatned the Frier to kill him.
We tried the Franciscans. The Jesuits. The Paulists. The Trappists. The Benedictines. […] Not one Franciscan in this city can make a positive identification of this bearded American priest. Every Franciscan we talked to was sure this man was not a member of their order. Yet he wears their habit and he heard confessions in one of their most important churches.
[T]he cities were growing rapidly, but the urban parish system was not, so when Franciscans entered the cities to preach, they encountered a substantial population in need not only of preaching but also of pastoral care.
gloss: A friar or nun of a religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order, such as (Roman Catholicism) the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (for men), Order of Friars Minor Conventual (men), Order of Saint Clare (women), or the Third Order of Saint Francis (men and women); or (Protestantism) certain orders in some Protestant churches, especially the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.
pos: noun
gloss: Of or pertaining to Saint Francis of Assisi.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of or pertaining to (Roman Catholicism) the Order of the Friars Minor, or (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) to another religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Holy Franciſcan Frier, brother, ho.
In his life time hee [Henry VII of England] founded the goodly Hoſpitall of the Sauoy, built ſixe religious Houſes for Franciſcan Friers, three of them for Obſeruants, and the other three for Conuentuals.
And they vvho to be ſure of Paradiſe / Dying put on the vveeds of Dominic, / Or in Franciſcan think to paſs diſguis'd; […]
So much for the firſt claſs of the Mendicants. The moſt numerous is the Serafic, or Franciſcan order, divided into as many ſpecies as pleaſed the fancies of the founders.
There, a Franciscan friar named Andrés Ivars asked that Fr. Císcar hear his confession before the friar was executed be firing squad.
Related words: San Franciscan
Joachimite
Recollect
Spiritual
Derived words: Franciscanism
Franciscanness
franciscanite
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: ֆրանցիսկյան
roman: francʻiskyan
lang: Armenian
word: կրտսերական
roman: krtserakan
lang: Asturian
word: franciscanu
lang: Bulgarian
word: францисканец
roman: franciskanec
lang: Catalan
word: franciscà
lang: Catalan
word: franciscana
lang: Catalan
word: menoret
lang: Czech
word: františkán
lang: Dutch
word: franciscaan
lang: Dutch
word: franciscanes
lang: Dutch
word: fremineur
lang: Dutch
word: minderbroeder
lang: Esperanto
word: franciskano
lang: Finnish
word: fransiskaani
lang: Finnish
word: fransiskaanimunkki
lang: French
word: franciscain
lang: French
word: cordelier
lang: Galician
word: franciscano
lang: German
word: Franziskaner
lang: German
word: Franziskanermönch
lang: Hungarian
word: ferences
lang: Irish
word: Proinsiasach
lang: Italian
word: francescano
lang: Italian
word: cordigliere
lang: Italian
word: fraticello
lang: Macedonian
word: францисканец
roman: franciskanec
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: san Francisco teopixqui
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: fransiskanar
lang: Polish
word: franciszkanin
lang: Polish
word: franciszkanka
lang: Portuguese
word: franciscano
lang: Portuguese
word: franciscana
lang: Romanian
word: franciscan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: францѝска̄н
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: мино̀рӣт
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: francìskān
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: franjevac
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mali brat
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: minòrīt
lang: Spanish
word: franciscano
lang: Spanish
word: franciscana
lang: Spanish
word: cordelero
lang: Spanish
word: minorita
lang: Welsh
word: Ffransisgiad
lang: Welsh
word: brawd llwyd