black friar Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
Blackfriar; Dominican; friar preacher.

WordNet

Black" fri`ar

Definitions

(Eccl.) A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.

Webster 1913

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