E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Domin’icans.
Preaching friars founded by Dominic de Guzman, at Toulouse, in 1215. Formerly called in
England Black Friars, from their black dress, and in France Jac’obins, because their mother-establishment in Paris was in the Rue St. Jacques.
