franciscan order

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   a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century

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Questions about franciscan order

What does franciscan order mean?

franciscan order means "a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century".

Is franciscan order a common word?

franciscan order is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.