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

- des droits de l'homme et du citoyen), mainly known as Cordeliers Club (French: Club des Cordeliers), was a populist political club during the French Revolution...
- 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...
- Les Cordeliers is one of the central quarters in the 2nd arrondis****t of Lyon, France. It is mainly known for the Place des Cordeliers in its centre...
- 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...
- (Season 3, Episode 1) Dounia Coesens : Lou Cordelier (Season 3, Episode 3) Philippe Lavil : Stéphane Cordelier (Season 3, Episode 3) Vanessa Demouy : Elodie...
- radical leftist Cordeliers seceded, and in July 1791, the right-wing Feuillants also split themselves off. Together with the Cordeliers, the Jacobin left-wing...
- lawyer on the eve of the Revolution, Danton became a famous orator of the Cordeliers Club and was raised to governmental responsibilities as the French Minister...