black friar

See also: blackfriar

English

Alternative forms

• blackfriar

Etymology

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

Noun

black friar (plural black friars)

1. A member of the religious order of the Dominicans.

   Synonyms: Dominican, preaching friar, Friar Preacher

Translations

a member of the religious order of the Dominicans

• Bulgarian: доминиканец m (dominikanec)
• Manx: braar doo m
• Portuguese: dominicano (pt) m
• Swedish: svartbroder c

See also

• Black Monk (“Benedictine monk”)