Cordelier

[ kawr-dl-eer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

Cordelier

/ ˌkɔːdɪˈlɪə /

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

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

The magazine of the Cordelier was reached, and she and the Regent went up into the air together.

There have been three duels, two deaths, and one captain of the Royal Roussillon turned cordelier for my sake.

The visible sign of their understanding was the appearance in December of the Vieux Cordelier.

Louis listened attentively to the Cordelier, and the friar's words sank deep into his mind.

So spake Hebert in Cordelier Session; with vivats, till the roofs rang again.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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