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Meaning Of Cordelier
n.
A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of
knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.
n.
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.