Capuchin /(?)/

Cap·u·chin

Capuchin

n.
  1. 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. (Eccl.)
    A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin.
  2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.
  3. 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. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds
Capuchin nun
one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa.