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Definition of Crutched friar

Crutched 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.

Meaning of Crutched friar from wikipedia

- The Crutched Friars (also Crossed or Crouched Friars, cross-bearing brethren) were a Roman Catholic religious order in England and Ireland. Their name...
- foundation. There has also been the suggestion of a later House of Crutched Friars in Guildford ****ociated with the Spital, or St Thomas' Hospital, that...
- whose history is obscure. Crutched Friars or Fratres Cruciferi (cross-bearing friars) or Crossed Friars, Crouched Friars or Croziers, named after the...
- The Crosier Monastery or Monastery of the Crutched Friars (Dutch: Kruisherenklooster) is a former monastery of the Order of the Holy Cross in Maastricht...
- Colchester Crutched Friary was a friary in Es****, England. v t e v t e...
- registered in England No. 2115499. Its registered office is at 43-44 Crutched Friars, London, EC3N 2AE. As of 2023[update] the Chief Executive of the Alzheimer's...
- below) Austin Friars Blackfriars, poss. earlier site Blackfriars Clementhorpe Priory Crutched Friars Fishergate Priory (approx. loc.) Friars of the Sack...
- sent to London as apprentice to Joseph Anderson, a hairdresser of Crutched Friars; though Robinson continued an avid reader. Robinson pursued a detailed...
- commission collecting half pay and widows' pensions from an office in Crutched Friars near Aldgate in London. At that time, despite Abraham Darby's improvements...
- The Crosiers or Brethren of the Cross or crutched friars is a general name for several loosely related Catholic orders, mostly canons regular. Their names...