cap·u·chin

(kăp′yə-chĭn, -shĭn, kə-pyo͞o′-)

1. Capuchin A monk belonging to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, an independent order of Franciscans founded in Italy in 1525-1528 and dedicated to preaching and missionary work.

2. A hooded cloak worn by women.

3. Any of several monkeys of the genus Cebus of Central and South America, having a prehensile tail and often a black or brown cap of hair on top of the head. Also called sapajou.

[Obsolete French, from Italian cappuccino, pointed cowl, Capuchin, from cappuccio, hood; see capuche.]

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capuchin

(ˈkæpjʊtʃɪn; -ʃɪn)

1. (Animals) any agile intelligent New World monkey of the genus Cebus, inhabiting forests in South America, typically having a cowl of thick hair on the top of the head

2. (Clothing & Fashion) a woman's hooded cloak

3. (Breeds) (sometimes capital) a rare variety of domestic fancy pigeon

[C16: from French, from Italian cappuccino, from cappuccio hood; see capuche]

Capuchin

(ˈkæpjʊtʃɪn; ˈkæpjʊʃɪn)

(Roman Catholic Church)

a. a friar belonging to a strict and autonomous branch of the Franciscan order founded in 1525

b. (as modifier): a Capuchin friar.

[C16: from French; see capuche]

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cap•u•chin

(ˈkæp yʊ tʃɪn, -ʃɪn)

n.

1. any New World monkey of the genus Cebus, having a prehensile tail and tufts of hair on the head.

2. a hooded cloak for women.

3. (cap.) a friar belonging to the Franciscan order that observes vows of poverty and austerity.

[1590–1600; < Middle French < Italian cappuccino=cappucc(io) capuche + -ino -ine¹]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	capuchin - a hooded cloak for women cloak - a loose outer garment
	2.	capuchin - monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl Cebus capucinus, ringtail New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian - hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails Cebus, genus Cebus - type genus of the Cebidae

Translations

Kapuziner

capuchin

[ˈkæpjʊʃɪn] N

1. (= cowl) → capucho m

2. (Zool) → mono m capuchino

3. Capuchin (Rel) → capuchino m

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capuchin

(= hooded cloak) → Kapuzencape nt

(Zool) → Kapuziner(affe) m

(Eccl) Capuchin → Kapuziner(mönch) m

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From the sanguinary sports of the Holy Inquisition; the slaughter of the Coliseum; and the dismal tombs of the Catacombs, I naturally pass to the picturesque horrors of the Capuchin Convent.

"We--up stairs--Monks of the Capuchin order--my brethren."

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The young lady had on her hat and capuchin, and the aunt acquainted Mr Western, "that she intended to take her niece with her to her own lodgings; for, indeed, brother," says she, "these rooms are not fit to receive a Christian soul in."

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It was an anchorite's bony head fitted with a Capuchin's beard and adjusted to a herculean body.

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"He relates that he met at Brussels Rochefort, the AME DAMNEE of the cardinal disguised as a Capuchin, and that this cursed Rochefort, thanks to his disguise, had tricked Monsieur de Laigues, like a ninny as he is."

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He went to a ball at the hotel of the Bavarian envoy, the Count de Springbock- Hohenlaufen, with his head shaved and dressed as a Capuchin friar.

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The governor of the Bastile was Monsieur du Tremblay, the brother of the famous Capuchin, Joseph, that fearful favorite of Richelieu's, who went by the name of the Gray Cardinal.

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More than once some individual has appeared to me with such negligence of labor and such commanding contemplation, a haughty beneficiary begging in the name of God, as made good to the nineteenth century Simeon the Stylite, the Thebais, and the first Capuchins.

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Summary: This is the first time the capuchin has tried to break the glass enclosure.

Video: Monkey tries to escape zoo by breaking glass with rock

The Standard Bearer of the Roman Church: Lawrence of Brindisi & Capuchin Missions in the Holy Roman Empire (1599-1613)

Synopsis: Over the course of a sojourn in North America between 1857 and 1862, the Capuchin priest Antoine Marie Gachet from Fribourg, Switzerland, spent two and a half years among the Menominee Indians of Wisconsin.

Five Years in America

The Los Angeles city attorney's office confirms Thursday that the 29-year-old singer was charged last week with two counts stemming from his possession of a pet capuchin monkey without a permit.

Chris Brown charged with monkey-related misdemeanors