Order of Friars Minor

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A calque of Medieval Latin Ordo Fratres Minores (the Order of Lesser Brothers), chosen by Francis of Assisi to inculcate humility in its members.

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the Order of Friars Minor

  1. (Catholicism) The religious order of friars established by St Francis of Assisi.

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