Black Friar

Black Friar

n (Christian Churches, other) a Dominican friar

Black′ Fri′ar

n. a Dominican friar. [1400–50; from the order's black cloak]

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Black Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican orderBlackfriar, Dominican, friar preacherDominican order - a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th centuryfriar, mendicant - a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms