Syn: Dominican. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
preaching friar — noun A Dominican • • • Main Entry: ↑preach … Useful english dictionary
preaching friar — Blackfriar, Dominican, Jacobin, predicant, preaching brother, frère prêcheur … New dictionary of synonyms
preaching friars — Dominican Do*min i*can, prop. n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Black friar — Blackfriar Blackfriar, Black friar Black fri ar (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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Popular sermon of the medieval friar — The Franciscan and Dominican friars are members of mendicant orders who, beginning in the thirteenth century, preached the popular sermon on Sundays, Feast Days, all of Lent, sometimes during the Advent season, at funerals, at church dedications … Wikipedia
Antonio de Montesinos (Dominican friar) — This article is about the Dominican friar. For the Portuguese traveler, see Antonio de Montezinos. Antonio de Montesinos (or Antonio Montesino)[1] was a Spanish Dominican friar on the island of Hispaniola (now the Dominican Republic and Haiti)… … Wikipedia
The Friar's Prologue and Tale — The Friar s Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, told by Hubert the friar.The tale is a satirical and somewhat bitter attack on the profession of summoner mdash;an official in ecclesiastical courts who summons people to attend … Wikipedia
Benedictine — Synonyms and related words: Augustinian, Augustinian Hermit, Austin Friar, Bernardine, Black Friar, Black Monk, Bonhomme, Brigittine, Capuchin, Carmelite, Carthusian, Cistercian, Cluniac, Conventual, Crossed Friar, Crutched Friar, Dominican,… … Moby Thesaurus
Dominican — Synonyms and related words: Augustinian, Augustinian Hermit, Austin Friar, Benedictine, Bernardine, Black Friar, Black Monk, Bonhomme, Brigittine, Capuchin, Carmelite, Carthusian, Cistercian, Cluniac, Conventual, Crossed Friar, Crutched Friar,… … Moby Thesaurus
Franciscan — Synonyms and related words: Albigensian, Augustinian, Augustinian Hermit, Austin Friar, Benedictine, Bernardine, Black Friar, Black Monk, Bonhomme, Brigittine, Capuchin, Carmelite, Carthusian, Catharist, Cistercian, Cluniac, Conventual, Crossed… … Moby Thesaurus
