• (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.
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Cor`de·lier' (kôr`de*lēr') noun [ French, from Old French cordel , French cordeau , dim. from 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.
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a Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle. · a political club in Paris that met at an old Cordelier convent at the time of the French Revolution.
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