black friar
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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”)