Franciscan monk

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• monk — /mʌŋk / (say mungk) noun a man who has withdrawn from the world from religious motives, either as an eremite or, especially, as a member of an order of coenobites living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, according to a rule: a… …  

• Franciscan — ► NOUN ▪ a monk or nun of a Christian religious order following the rule of the Italian monk St Francis of Assisi (c.1181 1226). ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of St Francis or the Franciscans …   English terms dictionary

• monk — [ mʌŋk ] noun count * a man who lives in a religious community away from other people. Monks live in a building called a monastery: a Franciscan/Buddhist monk ╾ monk|ish adjective: a monkish life ─ compare NUN …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Franciscan — Fran*cis can, n. (R.C.Ch.) A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. They are called also {Friars Minor}; and in England, {Gray Friars}, because they wear a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• monk */ — UK [mʌŋk] / US noun [countable] Word forms monk : singular monk plural monks a man who lives in a religious community away from other people. Monks live in a building called a monastery a Franciscan/Buddhist monk • See: nun Derived word: monkish… …   English dictionary

• Franciscan — 1. noun A monk or nun belonging to the religious order founded by St Francis of Assisi. See Also: Order of Friars Minor 2. adjective Pertaining to St Francis or to the Franciscans …   Wiktionary

• Franciscan — Synonyms and related words: Albigensian, Augustinian, Augustinian Hermit, Austin Friar, Benedictine, Bernardine, Black Friar, Black Monk, Bonhomme, Brigittine, Capuchin, Carmelite, Carthusian, Catharist, Cistercian, Cluniac, Conventual, Crossed… …   Moby Thesaurus

• monk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. friar, brother, cleric; pilgrim, palmer, mendicant; ascetic, hermit, anchorite, cenobite, eremite, recluse, solitary; abbot, prior, father, abbé. See clergy, celibacy, asceticism. II (Roget s IV) n.… …   English dictionary for students

• Franciscan — [fran sɪsk(ə)n] noun a monk, nun, or lay member of a Christian religious order following the rule of St Francis of Assisi. adjective relating to St Francis or the Franciscans …   English new terms dictionary

• Franciscan — n. & adj. n. a monk, nun, or sister of an order founded in 1209 by St Francis of Assisi (see also Grey Friar). adj. of St Francis or his order. Etymology: F franciscain f. mod.L Franciscanus f. Franciscus Francis …   Useful english dictionary

• Thomas Stevens (monk) — Thomas Stevens (or Stephens), Abbot of Netley Abbey and Beaulieu Abbey; (b. probably. c. 1490) (d. 1550) was an English renaissance clergyman and Cistercian monk. As abbot of Netley and Beaulieu he had the right to a seat in the House of… …   Wikipedia