black friars
1Black Friars — A house of Dominican Friars near Ludgate on the site known later as the precinct of Blackfriars. Founded in 1221, by Hubert de Burgh, who gave the Friars land in Holborn for their house. Gift confirmed to the Canons of the Preaching Friars… …
2black 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… …
3Black Friars, Leicester — Black Friars is an area of Leicester, England, to the west of the city centre …
4BLACK FRIARS — a common name for the Dominican Order derived from their black hood …
5black friars — noun The religious order of the Dominicans …
6Black friars — Colloquial term for the Dominicans …
7BLACK FRIARS — monks of the Dominican order; name of a district in London where they had a monastery …
8Black Friars — Черные монахи1 …
9c Dominicans or Black Friars — Friar Fri ar, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[ e]re brother, friar, fr. L. frater brother. See {Brother}.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or… …
10Friars School, Bangor — Ysgol Friars is a comprehensive school in Bangor, Gwynedd, and one of the oldest schools in Wales.History1557 EstablishmentThe school was founded by Geoffrey Glyn, Doctor of Laws, who had been brought up in Anglesey and had followed a career in… …
