0 a person belonging to a Christian group originally established by St Francis of Assisi in 1209
1 relating or belonging to a Christian group originally established by St Francis of Assisi in 1209:
a Franciscan friary
The young neurologist invites Buddhists and Franciscan nuns to meditate and pray in a secluded room.
McBriar joined the Franciscan order after graduating from college.
He will canonize Brother Pedro de San Jose de Betancur, an 18th-century Franciscan monk known for helping the poor.
And now wherever there are sinners to be saved, or sick in body or soul to be tended, you find the Franciscan.
These jealousies might have gone smouldering on, and never burst out into fire, had not the appointment of a Franciscan to the see of Paraguay caused the flames to flare out fiercely.
Whatever the cause, the fact was that they were all laughing and joking, even including the lean Franciscan, although he made little noise and his smiles looked like death-grins.