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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The religious beliefs and practices of the Franciscan order. uncountable
2. 2
   The beliefs or practices of the originally mendicant Roman Catholic religious order founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209 and dedicated to the virtues of humility and poverty. wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abstinenceausterityfastingflagellationmonasticismmortification

Etymology

From Franciscan + -ism.

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