Hypertext Webster Gateway: "observants"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Observantine \Ob`ser*van"tine\, n. [Fr. observantin.] (R.C.Ch.)
One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to
adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of
the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also
{Observants}.
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