Cordelier

[ kawr-dl-eer ]

/ ˌkɔr dlˈɪər /

a Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle.

Cordeliers, a political club in Paris that met at an old Cordelier convent at the time of the French Revolution.

Origin of Cordelier

1350–1400; < Middle French; replacing Middle English cordeler. See cordelle, -er²

He attempted the suppression of the Cordeliers; was an active pontiff, and respected for his frugality, prudence and sanctity.

The Every Day Book of History and Chronology |Joel Munsell
The Cordeliers had not taken part in this movement of the Augustines.

History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III |J. H. Merle D'Aubign
The Cordeliers' Church was to serve as the place of conference.

History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV |J. H. Merle D'Aubign
In the evening we shall wait upon the provost at the convent of the Cordeliers.

The Iron Trevet or Jocelyn the Champion |Eugne Sue

It was the great tocsin of the Cordeliers Club, striking the general alarm.

When a Cobbler Ruled a King |Augusta Huiell Seaman

Cordeliers

/ (ˌkɔːdɪˈlɪəz) /

the Cordeliers a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris

Cordelier

/ (ˌkɔːdɪˈlɪə) /

RC Church a Franciscan friar of the order of the Friars Minor

C19: from Old French cordelle, literally: a little cord, from the knotted cord girdles that they wear