Found 2 items, similar to Blackfriar.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Blackfriar Blackfriar n : a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order [syn: Dominican, Black Friar, friar preacher ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Blackfriar 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. [1913 Webster]