WordNet Dictionary
Webster's 1913 Dictionary\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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| Definition: | [n] a Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order | ||
| Synonyms: | Blackfriar, Dominican | ||
| See Also: | friar, Girolamo Savonarola, mendicant, Roman Catholic, Savonarola | ||
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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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