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A monk in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; (generally) a Franciscan.

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A garment consisting of a cloak and hood, made in imitation of the dress of Capuchin monks.

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A capuchin monkey.

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A hooded pigeon.

The more conspicuous buildings are the ancient Gothic cathedral (restored in 1866, and again in 1870 after the interior was destroyed by fire), with its lofty tower, the cavalry barracks, the ex-convent of the Capuchins at a little distance from the city, and the seminary in which are preserved the famous Oscan inscription known as the Cippus Abellanus (from Abella, the modern Avella, q.v.) and some Latin inscriptions relating to a treaty with Nola regarding a joint temple of Hercules.

At an early age he entered the order of Observantine Friars, the strictest sect of the Franciscans, and rose to be its general, but, craving a yet stricter rule, transferred himself in 1534 to the newly founded order of Capuchins, of which in 1538 he was elected vicar-general.

This was built by the Capuchins, who in the middle ages chose Syra as the headquarters of a mission in the East.

In this period, the newly created religious orders were the right arm of the papacy, especially the Jesuits and the Capuchins.

His departure was due to controversies between the Jesuits and Capuchins at Rome, which caused an order to be issued for his retirement from Tibet.

The Capuchins have made the most permanently successful effort to maintain St Francis's ideal; but even among them mitigations have had to be admitted.

In 1773 he joined the order of Capuchins, and in 1779 was ordained priest.

From the other genera of that group (Cebinae) with prehensile tails capuchins are distinguished by the comparative shortness of that appendage, and the absence of a naked area on the under surface of its extremity.

When the missionaries of other Roman Catholic orders made their way into China, twenty years later, they found great fault with the manner in which certain Chinese practices had been dealt with by the Jesuits, a matter in which Ricci's action and policy had given the tone to the mission in China - though in fact that tone was rather inherent in the Jesuit system than the outcome of individual character, for controversies of an exactly parallel nature arose two generations later in southern India, between the Jesuits and Capuchins, regarding what were called "Malabar rites."

She can kill sloths, howler monkeys, and white-faced Capuchins with ease.

He spends most of his day keeping an eye over all the other Capuchins especially his best friend TJ.

Capuchins Tom He has finally lost all his excess weight even tho he still looks a bit saggy!

They wore a dress like that of the Capuchins, and Clement XI.

Capuchins Tom He has finally lost all his excess weight even tho he still looks a bit saggy !

A group known only as Capuchins were as usual on hand to put out any stray sparks.