Cordelier /(kôr`dē̇*lēr")/

Cor·de·lier

Cordelier

n.
  1. A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans. (Eccl. Hist.)
  2. 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. (Fr. Hist.)