| n. | 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. |
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