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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Franciscan friar.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Franciscan friar; a Minor. See minor, n., 4.
  • Belonging to the Franciscans.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A Franciscan friar.

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  • noun A Franciscan friar of the Order of Friars Minor.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Medieval Latin (Frātrēs) Minōrēs, minor (friars), from Latin minōrēs, pl. of minor, lesser; see minor.]

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minor +‎ -ite

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