Cordelier

American  

[kawr-dl-eer] / ˌkɔr dlˈɪər /

noun

1. a Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle.

2. Cordeliers, a political club in Paris that met at an old Cordelier convent at the time of the French Revolution.

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Cordelier British  

/ ˌkɔːdɪˈlɪə /

noun

1. RC Church a Franciscan friar of the order of the Friars Minor

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Etymology

Origin of Cordelier

1350–1400; < Middle French; replacing Middle English cordeler. See cordelle, -er ²

Example Sentences

The Cordelier Fra Herv� had just raised the portiere and was about to step into the oratory, when he heard the young girl declare her name to be Cornelia Mirant.

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne

If our lawgivers should fear the becoming neighborly with Dante's Cordelier, and therefore absolutely interdict more burials in London, still you are safe.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by

My son," said the Cordelier, stepping straight towards the Prince, "revoke the order you have given.

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne

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 Sue, Eug?ne

‘Madam, said she, did you not observe that fine young Cordelier, who brought the Box?’

From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Summers, Montague