Cordelier
Americannoun
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a Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle.
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Cordeliers, a political club in Paris that met at an old Cordelier convent at the time of the French Revolution.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Cordelier
1350–1400; < Middle French; replacing Middle English cordeler. See cordelle, -er 2
Example Sentences
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Vincent Antoine Ganganelli, born the 31st October 1705, at St. Archangelo near Ripaini, Cordelier, cardinal in 1765, elected pope the 19th May, 1769, crowned the 4th of June, of same year, died the 22d Sept.
From The Power Of The Popes by Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou
On one of the lowest terraces of hell, says Dante, he found a Cordelier, who had been dragged thither by a logical demon, in defiance of the expostulations of St. Francis.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by
As I had hoped, the gate was thrown open before the Cordelier.
From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Eug?ne Sue
One day, when Louis was at the castle of Hieros, in Provence, a Cordelier friar approached.
From The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX. by John G. (John George) Edgar
After her came the Cordelier monks in large numbers, carrying many relics, each holding a little lighted taper with profound devotion.
From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Eug?ne Sue
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