Blackfriar

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blackfriar \Black"fri`ar\, Black friar \Black"
  fri`ar\(bl[a^]k"fr[imac]`[~e]r). (Eccl.)
     A friar of the Dominican order, so named because wearing the
     black mantle of the Dominicans; -- called also {predicant}
     and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}. Also, sometimes,
     a Benedictine.


  
     Syn: Dominican.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Blackfriar
       n : a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the
           Dominican order [syn: {Dominican}, {Black Friar}, {friar
           preacher}]