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Noun: Black Friar
  1. A Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
    "The Blackfriar delivered his sermon to the congregation";
    - Dominican, Blackfriar, friar preacher

Derived forms: Blackfriars, Black Friars

Type of: friar, mendicant

Part of: Dominican order

Encyclopedia: Black Friar, Blackfriars