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Definition of crouched friar

crouched friar
Crutched Crutched (kr?cht), a. 1. Supported upon crutches. 2. [See Crouch, v. t., and Crouched, a. ] Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched. Crutched friar (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also crossed friar and crouched friar.
Crouched friar
Crouched Crouched (kroucht), a. Marked with the sign of the cross. [Obs.] Crouched friar. See Crutched friar, under Crutched.

Meaning of crouched friar from wikipedia

- whose history is obscure. Crutched Friars or Fratres Cruciferi (cross-bearing friars) or Crossed Friars, Crouched Friars or Croziers, named after the staff...
- The Crutched Friars (also Crossed or Crouched Friars, cross-bearing brethren) were a Roman Catholic religious order in England and Ireland. Their name...
- Donnington Friary was a friary of crouched friars at Donnington in the English county of Berkshire. At the time of suppression the establishment was recorded...
- Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. The first Friars of the Cross or the Crutched Friars (also crossed or crouched friars) arrived to England sometime between...
- town. A fourth monastic institution was the Crossed (also spelt Crouched) Friars on Crouch Street, an Augustinian order separate from those at St Botolph's...
- the Brethren of the Cross (colloquially known as the Crutched Friars or Crouched Friars due to the crutch-like staffs which they carried) at an early...
- to her mortal kindred. Or she may be seen at night as a shrouded woman, crouched beneath the trees, lamenting with a veiled face; or flying past in the...
- Virgil questions him. The sinner speaks of his fellow grafters, Friar Gomita (a corrupt friar in Gallura eventually hanged by Nino Visconti – see Purgatorio...
- 44 Crouch Street was being demolished. "Colchester Friary of Crutched Friars". Heritage Gateway. Retrieved 9 June 2024. "Friaries: Crossed friars of Colchester"...
- Press. ISBN 9780415143660. British History Online — Friaries: The crouched friars of Donnington — Victoria County History: A History of the County of...