Friar Minor

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English

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Etymology

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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.

Noun

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Friar Minor (plural Friars Minor or Friar Minors)

  1. (Catholicism) Synonym of Franciscan: a member of the Order of the Friars Minor.

Usage notes

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The word Minor is now usually treated as a postmodifier, causing the plural ending -s to be added to Friar. Some speakers have treated the name as a compound of two nouns for the entirety of its use in English, however, using the plural form Friar Minors instead. Early on, others followed Latin and French practice and pluralized both words as Friars Minors, although that form is now obsolete in English.

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