black friar
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See also: blackfriar
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named from the black mantles that they wore over white woollen habits.
Noun[edit]
black friar (plural black friars)
- A member of the religious order of the Dominicans.
- Synonyms: Dominican, preaching friar, Friar Preacher
Translations[edit]
a member of the religious order of the Dominicans
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See also[edit]
- Black Monk (“Benedictine monk”)