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What (who) is Capuchin - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Capuchins; Kapuziner; Kapucyni; Capuchin (disambiguation)
Capuchin
·noun A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
II. Capuchin ·noun A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.
III. Capuchin ·noun Other species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella.
IV. Capuchin ·noun 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.
V. Capuchin ·noun 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.
capuchin
n.
Franciscan, Minorite, Gray Friar.
Capuchin
['kap?t??n]
¦ noun
1. a friar belonging to a strict branch of the Franciscan order.
2. a cloak and hood formerly worn by women.
3. (capuchin) a South American monkey with a cowl-like cap of hair on the head. [Genus Cebus: four species.]
4. (capuchin) a pigeon of a breed with head and neck feathers resembling a cowl.
Origin
C16: from obs. Fr., earlier form of capucin, from Ital. cappuccino, from cappuccio 'hood, cowl', from cappa (see cape1).
Wikipedia
Capuchin
Capuchin can refer to:
- Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, an order of Roman Catholic friars
- Capuchin Poor Clares, an order of Roman Catholic contemplative religious sisters
- Capuchin monkey, primates of the genus Cebus and Sapajus, named after the friars
- Capuchin Crypt, a room located beneath the church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini in Rome, Italy
- Old Dutch Capuchine, a breed of fancy pigeon
Examples of use of Capuchin
1. Scientists have found that capuchin monkeys down tools when they feel they have been treated unfairly.
2. A total of 8,000 mummies are housed in niches along the walls of the Capuchin Catacombs.
3. Already the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, run by friars from a nearby monastery, is winding down.
4. British animal behaviorist Desmond Morris carried out experiments with primates and capuchin monkeys who doodled and painted.
5. He lost his father at a young age and was resented by his mother, who attempted to rid herself of him by having him join a Capuchin monastery.