Black Friar

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A friar of the Dominican order. Also called a predicant or preaching friar, and in France Jacobin. See Dominican.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. (Eccl.) A friar of the Dominican order, so named becaise wearing wearing the black mantle of the Dominicans; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
2. n. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order