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BLACK FRIAR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order

Synonyms:

Black Friar; Blackfriar; Dominican; friar preacher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Black Friar" is a kind of...):

friar; mendicant (a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms)

Instance hyponyms:

Girolamo Savonarola; Savonarola (Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498))

Holonyms ("Black Friar" is a member of...):

Dominican order (a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century)

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