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Cordelier

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Cor`de`lier´    (kôr`dė`lēr´)
n.1.(Eccl. Hist.) A Franciscan; - so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.
2.(Fr. Hist.) A member of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.


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