blackfriar
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Noun (1)
- a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican orderSynonyms: DominicanBlack Friarfriar preacherType of friar, mendicantExamples Savonarola, Girolamo SavonarolaMember of Dominican order
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Black′fri′ar, Black′ fri′ar (blăk′frī′ẽr).
Church A friar of the Dominican order, so named because wearing the black mantle of the Dominicans; — called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine. Syn. — Dominican.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54