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