friar preacher

English Thesaurus

1. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order (noun.person)

hypernym	:	friar, mendicant,
definition	:	a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	girolamo savonarola, savonarola,
definition	:	Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498) (noun.person)

member meronym	:	dominican order,
definition	:	a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century (noun.group)