Greyfriars

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    plural of Greyfriar

name
  1. 1.

    Synonym of Franciscans: the Order of the Friars Minor.

    宗教
  2. 2.

    Any of various other towns and villages in the United Kingdom.

  3. 3.

    Greyfriars, Oxford.

词源

As a common British placename, typically derived from having been the site of a Franciscan friary prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

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