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Cordelier
[
kawr-dl-
eer
]
Cor·de·lier
/
ˌkɔr
dlˈɪər
/
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[
kawr-dl-
eer
]
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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
.
Origin:
1350–1400;
<
Middle French;
replacing
Middle English
cordeler.
See
cordelle
,
-er
2
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Cordelier
(ˌkɔːdɪˈlɪə)
—
n
RC Church
a Franciscan friar of the order of the Friars Minor
[C19: from Old French
cordelle,
literally: a little cord, from the knotted cord girdles that they wear]
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