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Black Friars

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(1) Name popularly applied in Great Britain to the members of the Dominican Order, because of the black mantle which they wore over their white habits.

(2) Well-known districts in London and in Glasgow, so called because of the former location of Dominican monasteries in these places.

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Entry for 'Black Friars'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​b/black-friars.html. 1910.
 
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