Definition of Cordelier. Meaning of Cordelier. Synonyms of Cordelier

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Definition of Cordelier

Cordelier
Cordelier 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.

Meaning of Cordelier from wikipedia

- dez‿ami de dʁwa də lɔm e dy sitwajɛ̃]), mainly known as Cordeliers Club (French: Club des Cordeliers [klœb de kɔʁdəlje]), was a populist political club during...
- Cordeliers Convents (French: Couvent des Cordeliers) in France. Cordeliers was the name given in France to the Conventual Franciscans. The Cordeliers...
- criticism of the Reign of Terror as the editor of the journal Le Vieux Cordelier. He was a schoolmate and close friend of Maximilien Robespierre and a...
- Le Vieux Cordelier (French: [lə vjø kɔʁdəlje]) was a French journal published by Camille Desmoulins between 5 December 1793 and 3 February 1794 at the...
- The Doctor's Horrible Experiment (French: Le Testament du docteur Cordelier) is a 1959 French black-and-white television film directed by Jean Renoir...
- The Cordeliers Convent in Paris (in French: "Les Cordeliers", or "l'École Pratique de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris", in English: the Practical School...
- Les Cordeliers (French pronunciation: [le kɔʁdəlje]) is one of the central quarters in the 2nd arrondis****t of Lyon, France. It is mainly known for the...
- either under her maiden name, Underhill, or under the pseudonym "John Cordelier", as was the case for the 1912 book The Spiral Way. Initially an agnostic...
- radical leftist Cordeliers seceded, and in July 1791, the right-wing Feuillants also split themselves off. Together with the Cordeliers, the Jacobin left-wing...
- denounced before the Jacobin and the Cordeliers clubs, who then led the first attacks on it in 1794. Jacobin and Cordelier orators soon demanded that the guillotine...