Found 2 items, similar to Black Friar.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Black Friar
Black Friar
n : a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the
Dominican order [syn:
Dominican,
Blackfriar,
friar preacher
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Black friar
Blackfriar
\Blackfriar\, Black friar
\Black" fri`ar\ (Eccl.)
A friar of the Dominican order, so named becaise wearing
wearing the black mantle of the Dominicans; -- called also
predicant and
preaching friar; in France,
Jacobin.
Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
Syn: Dominican.
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