Associations to the word «Franciscan»

Wiktionary

FRANCISCAN, noun. A monk or nun belonging to the religious order founded by St Francis of Assisi.
FRANCISCAN, adjective. Pertaining to St Francis or to the Franciscans.

Dictionary definition

FRANCISCAN, noun. A Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order.
FRANCISCAN, adjective. Of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him; "Franciscan monks".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats