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Webster 1913 Edition
Capuchin
1.
(Eccl.)
A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.
A bare-footed and long-bearded
capuchin
. Sir W. Scott.
2.
A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
A long-tailed South American monkey (
Cabus capucinus
), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk’s cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; – called also capucine monkey
, weeper
, sajou
, sapajou
, and sai
. (b)
Other species of
Cabus
, as Cabus fatuellus
(the brown capucine
or horned capucine
.), Cabus albifrons
(the cararara
), and Cabus apella
. (c)
A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
Capuchin nun
, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa.
Webster 1828 Edition
Capuchin
CAPUCHIN
,Noun.
1.
A garment for females, consisting of a cloke and hood, made in imitation of the dress of capuchin monks.2.
A pigeon whose head is covered with feathers.Definition 2024
Capuchin
Capuchin
See also: capuchin
English
Noun
Capuchin (plural Capuchins)
- A member of an order of Roman Catholic friars.
Translations
a member of the Roman Catholic order
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External links
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Order of Friars Minor Capuchin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
capuchin
capuchin
See also: Capuchin
English
Noun
capuchin (plural capuchins)
Translations
capuchin monkey — see capuchin monkey