Meaning of BLACK FRIAR
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order |
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| | Synonyms: | | Blackfriar, Dominican |
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| | See Also: | | friar, Girolamo Savonarola, mendicant, Roman Catholic, Savonarola | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Black" fri`ar\ (Eccl.)
A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also {predicant}
and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}. Also, sometimes,
a Benedictine.
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