Blackfriar
Definition of Blackfriar
1.
(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
.
Related Words
Black
Friar
,
Dominican
,
Dominican
order
,
friar
,
friar
preacher
,
Girolamo
Savonarola
,
mendicant
,
Savonarola
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