Many churches have been named after the Grey Friars (Franciscans), and often they originated as Franciscan monasteries. Notable examples are:
- Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
- Greyfriars Church, Leicester
- Greyfriars Church, Reading
- Greyfriars Church, Dumfries
Famous quotes containing the word church:
“To impose celibacy on such a large body as the clergy of the Catholic Church is not to forbid it to have wives but to order it to be content with the wives of others.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)