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Friar Minor Conventual

American

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

a friar belonging to a branch of the Franciscan order that separated from the Observants in the 15th century, and that observes a modification of the rule of St. Francis.

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Friars Minor Conventual

plural

Etymology

Origin of Friar Minor Conventual

First recorded in 1900–05

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