Blackfriar

Other forms: Blackfriars

Definitions of Blackfriar

1. noun

   a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
   synonyms: Black Friar, Dominican, friar preacher

   examples:

   Girolamo Savonarola

   Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498)

   type of:

   friar, mendicant

   a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms