The Devil's Dictionary: Benedictines
Updated May 14, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
BENEDICTINES
-n.
An order of monks otherwise known as black friars.
She thought it a crow, but it turn out to be
A monk of St. Benedict croaking a text.
"Here's one of an order of cooks," said she —
"Black friars in this world, fried black in the next."
A monk of St. Benedict croaking a text.
"Here's one of an order of cooks," said she —
"Black friars in this world, fried black in the next."
"The Devil on Earth" (London, 1712)
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