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Black Friar
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Black Friar
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(Christian Churches, other) a Dominican friar
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Noun1.Black Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican orderBlack Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
Blackfriar, Dominican, friar preacher
Dominican order - a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century
friar, mendicant - a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
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The former 13th-century monastery, situated close to Stowell Street in the city centre, was once home to Dominican monks, the black friars, so called because they donned black cloaks.
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