Crossword-Solution: FRANCISCAN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Franciscan | a. | Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans. |
| Franciscan | n. | A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. They are called also Friars Minor; and in England, Gray Friars, because they wear a gray habit. |
We have 12 clues for the answer “FRANCISCAN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Friar from Assisi | 1 answer |
| Like the Poor Clares | 1 answer |
| Member of a religious order begun in Assisi | 1 answer |
| Minorite | 1 answer |
| Order founded in Assisi: 1209 | 1 answer |
| of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him | 1 answer |
| Junípero Serra, for one | 2 answers |
| Grey friar | 3 answers |
| Capuchin | 5 answers |
| Friar | 12 answers |
| MONKS, order of | 12 answers |
| MONASTIC order | 13 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with FRANCISCAN (5)
Rowland followed the winding, climbing lanes; lingered, as he got higher, beneath the rusty cypresses, beside the low parapets, where you look down on the charming city and sweep the vale of the Arno; reached the little square before the cathedral, and rested awhile in the massive, dusky church; then climbed higher, to the Franciscan convent which is poised on the very apex of the mountain.
Nor [do we agree] with Scotus and the Barefooted monks [Minorites or Franciscan monks], who teach that, by the assistance of the divine will, Baptism washes away sins, and that this ablution occurs only through the will of God, and by no means through the Word or water.
Whilst I was at Damascus I had my quarters at the Franciscan convent there, and very soon after my arrival I asked one of the monks to let me know something of the spots that deserved to be seen.
Over this Franciscan-Moorish city the sun set with an incomparable glory one evening in May, eighteen thirty-five.
But people passed at intervals--as now a page, who was a notably fine fellow, clothed in ash-colored gray, with slashed, puffed sleeves, and having a heron's feather in his cap; or a Franciscan with his gown tucked up so that you saw how the veins on his naked feet stood out like the carvings on a vase; or a farmer leading a calf; or a gentleman in a mantle of squirrel's fur riding beside a wonderful proud lady, whose tiny hat was embroidered with pearls.
Quotes with FRANCISCAN (3)
If you'd told me even a year before... that I'd wind up whispering my sins in the confessional or on my knees saying the rosary, I would've laughed myself cockeyed. More likely pastime? Pole dancer. International spy. Drug mule. Assassin. I drive under a sky black as graphite to meet my new spiritual director... a bulky Franciscan nun named Sister Margaret, patiently going blind behind fish-tank glasses that magnify her eyes like goggles.
I hope I go to Heaven, and when I do, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does when he gets there. He looks around and says, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'
When I was in my late 30s, I lit a figure on fire on Baker Beach in San Francisco. It was me, a friend, and maybe eight people, tops. There wasn't any premeditation to it at all. It was really just a product of San Franciscan bohemian milieu.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT, WSJ.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1991–2023).