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Cordelier

[ kawr-dl-eer ]
/ ˌkɔr dlˈɪər /

noun

a Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle.
Cordeliers, a political club in Paris that met at an old Cordelier convent at the time of the French Revolution.

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Origin of Cordelier

1350–1400; <Middle French; replacing Middle English cordeler.See cordelle, -er2

Words nearby Cordelier

cord cutter, cordectomy, corded, Cordele, Cordelia, Cordelier, Cordeliers, cordelle, cord foot, cordgrass, cordial
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British Dictionary definitions for Cordelier

Cordelier
/ (ˌkɔːdɪˈlɪə) /

noun

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

Word Origin for Cordelier

C19: from Old French cordelle, literally: a little cord, from the knotted cord girdles that they wear
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