Order of Friars Minor

== English == === Alternative forms === OFM === Etymology === A calque of Medieval Latin Ordo Fratres Minores (“the Order of Lesser Brothers”), chosen by Francis of Assisi to inculcate humility in its members. === Proper noun === the Order of Friars Minor (Catholicism) The religious order of friars established by St Francis of Assisi. ==== Synonyms ==== Franciscan Order, Seraphic Order, Franciscans, Minorites, Friars Minor, Greyfriars ==== Hypernyms ==== Observants, Conventuals, Capuchins, Tertiaries ==== Derived terms ==== Minorite === See also === Bernardine Cistercian