Black friar \Black" fri`ar\ (Eccl.)
A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also {predicant}
and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}. Also, sometimes,
a Benedictine.
Black Friar
n : a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the
Dominican order [syn: {Dominican}, {Blackfriar}, {friar
preacher}]