English Explanatory Dictionary

black friar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A member of the religious order of the Dominicans.

Word forms

black friar black friars blackfriar

Etymology

Named from the black mantles that they wore over white woollen habits.

Synonyms

Dominican preaching friar Friar Preacher

Related words

Black Monk

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