Greyfriars
See also: greyfriars
English
editEtymology
editAs a common British placename, typically derived from having been the site of a Franciscan friary prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Noun
editGreyfriars
Proper noun
editGreyfriars
- (Catholicism) Synonym of Franciscans: the Order of the Friars Minor.
- Any of various other towns and villages in the United Kingdom.
- (Oxford City) Greyfriars, Oxford.