Friar Minor Conventual
noun, plural Friars Minor Conventual. 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.Also called Conventual.Compare Friar Minor, capuchin(def 4).
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