Friar Minor

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释义与例句

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    Synonym of Franciscan: a member of the Order of the Friars Minor.

    宗教

    […] So þere weren with vs ij worthi men, Frere Menoures […]

    The Friars Preacher opened their studium generale at St. Jacques, Paris, in 1229, the Friars Minor theirs in 1231.

词源

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.

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