Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CORDELIER
n.A Franciscan friar; one of the order of religious founded by St. Francis; a gray friar. The cordeliers wear a thick gray cloth, a little cowl, a chaperon, and a cloke, with a girdle of rope or cord, tied with three knots.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CORDELIER
Cor `de *lier " (kr `dlr "), n. Etym: [F., fr. OF. cordel, F. cordeau, dim. fr. corde string, rope. See Cord. ]
1. (Eccl. Hist. )
Defn: A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.
2. (Fr. Hist. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Cordelier
Cordelier |ˌkɔːdəˈlɪə | ▶noun a Franciscan Observant. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from cordelle ‘small rope ’, diminutive of corde (see cord ). The name derives from the knotted cord worn by the Cordeliers around the waist.
Oxford Dictionary
Cordelier
Cordelier |ˌkɔːdəˈlɪə | ▶noun a Franciscan Observant. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from cordelle ‘small rope ’, diminutive of corde (see cord ). The name derives from the knotted cord worn by the Cordeliers around the waist.
French Dictionary
cordelière
cordelière n. f. nom féminin Gros cordon de soie servant de ceinture, d ’ornement.
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