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A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.

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  1. A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
  2. n. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
  3. A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
  4. A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant andpreaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.