About The Word Cordelier
Learn about the word Cordelier to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Cordelier definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Cordelier
| Cordelier Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Cordelier?Synonyms | Synonyms for Cordelier: Related Terms | Find terms related to Cordelier: See Also | Cordelier In Webster's Dictionary \Cor`de*lier"\ (k?r`d??l?r"), n. [F., fr. OF. cordel,
F. cordeau, dim. fr. corde string, rope. See {Cord}.]
1. (Eccl. Hist.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from
the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.
2. (Fr. Hist.) A member of a French political club of the
time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat
were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in
Paris.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Destalinization ‐ social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin…
- Pinioned ‐ bound fast especially having the arms restrained [adj] (of birds)…
- First-order correlation ‐ a partial correlation in which the effects of only one variable…
- Tool-and-die work ‐ the craft of making special…
- Mackinac bridge ‐ a suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and…
- Parking space ‐ a space where an automobile can…
- New world least weasel ‐ of Canada and northeastern…
- Digestive gland ‐ any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive…
- Brain-teaser ‐ a…
- Eohippus ‐ earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized 4-toed…