Talk:Black Monk

RFC discussion: July 2021[edit]

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~~Black Monk~~

Black Monk: "Benedictine monk, one of the Order of Saint Benedict" - synonyms: black friar
black friar: "member of the religious order of the Dominicans"

This doesn't fit as Benedictines and Dominicans aren't the same. --Macopre (talk) 19:26, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Macopre: Well, perhaps "Black Monk" and "black friar" just don't mean the same thing. What's your source for them being the same? Equinox ◑ 19:59, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps. I don't have a source for them being the same and I didn't claim the terms are synonymous. I just quoted the Wiktionary entries. dictionary.com is a source which makes a distinction between the too: Black Friar (= Dominican friar) & Black Monk (also black monk, = Benedictine monk). --Macopre (talk) 20:05, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Solved by removing the alleged synonym - see dictionary.com. --Macopre (talk) 20:21, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]