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Friar minor

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Franciscan: a member of the Order of the Friars Minor.

    "[…] So þere weren with vs ij worthi men, Frere Menoures […]"

Etymology

A calque of Medieval Latin Fratres Minores (“the Lesser Brothers”), both directly and via Old French freres meneurs and Norman freres menures, a name supposedly chosen by St Francis to inculcate humility.

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