breviger

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breviger (plural brevigers)

  1. (historical) A licensed begging friar.
    • 1937, Sussex Archaeological Society, Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, volume 78, page 40:
      [] in 1383, 45s. given to the brevigers and to the poor and travellers who are more numerous this year propter flandrancie infortunum; []