2. Noun. (plural of capuchin) ¹
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Definition of Capuchins
1. capuchin [n] - See also: capuchin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capuchins
Literary usage of Capuchins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Jesuits, Reuben Gold Thwaites (1901)
"See Séminaire des Missions Étrangères. 291 ; to Massachusetts Indians, 71, 288,
336. See also Capuchins, Jesuits, Protestants, Récollets, ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"They came to be known as Capuchins from their garb. ... But to the Capuchins more
than perhaps to any other organisation does the Roman Church owe the ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In 1574 Gregory XIII revoked the decree of Paul III, and granted Capuchins the
right to establish ultramontane provinces; and in 1619 the reform was ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"sometimes by Capuchins and Franciscans (qq.v.), and by the two latter orders from
1872 to 1894, when the two former were excluded from the Empire. ..."
5. A Cyclopedia of Missions: Containing a Comprehensive View of Missionary by Harvey Newcomb (1860)
"In 1645, the Capuchins undertook the mission, headed by Fray Francisco dc Pampeluna,
once a military officer of high, rank. This body and their successors ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"(RL*) Capuchins» an order of friars in the Roman Catholic Church, the chief and
only permanent offshoot from the Franciscans. It arose about the year 1520, ..."
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