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Recollet

• 1 n. Hist. a member of a French order of Franciscan monks who came to New France in 1615 and played an impressive part in missionary work among the Indians, especially the Hurons.

  • 1760  Opposite to this, is the convent of the Recollets. . . .
  • 1766  On Tuesday last the Reverend Mr. Vessiere, who a few days since left the Order of the Recollets . . . subscribed the Declaration against Popery.
  • 1952  In this he acted on flat defiance of the "Liberal" Archbishop of Quebec, and in opposition to the well-established Sulpician Society and the Recollets (Franciscans).

• 2 n. Obs. the waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum.

  • 1792  (1911)  The Governor went to the Landing, and I went to the fort to see Capt. Darling's stuffed birds . . . the Recollet, a light brown with a tuft on its head and the tips of the wings scarlet, like sealing wax. . . .