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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CRUTCHED
CRUTCHED Crutched (krcht ), a.
1. Supported upon crutches.
2. Etym: [See Crouch, v. t., and Crouched, a. ]
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Crutched Friars
Crutched Friars |krʌtʃt, ˈkrʌtʃɪd | an order of mendicant friars established in Italy by 1169, which spread to England, France, and the Low Countries in the 13th century and was suppressed in 1656. ORIGIN crutched (earlier crouched ), from Latin crux, cruc- ‘cross ’, referring to the cross worn on the top of their staves, and later on the front of their habits.
Oxford Dictionary
Crutched Friars
Crutched Friars |krʌtʃt, ˈkrʌtʃɪd | an order of mendicant friars established in Italy by 1169, which spread to England, France, and the Low Countries in the 13th century and was suppressed in 1656. ORIGIN crutched (earlier crouched ), from Latin crux, cruc- ‘cross ’, referring to the cross worn on the top of their staves, and later on the front of their habits.
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