BLACK FRIARS
\blˈak fɹˈa͡ɪ͡əz], \blˈak fɹˈaɪəz], \b_l_ˈa_k f_ɹ_ˈaɪə_z]\
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A mendicant order, called from their habit, B. F. in England; in France, Jacobins, as living in Rue St. Jacques; Preaching F., from their office of converting Jews and heretics; and Dominicans, as founded by St. Dominic, a Spaniard, early in the thirteenth century.
By Henry Percy Smith
