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