About The Word Dominican
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What's The Definition Of Dominican?
[n] a Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
[adj] of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order; "Dominican monks" [adj] of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people; "the Dominican population" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dominican: Black Friar | Blackfriar Related Terms | Find terms related to Dominican: Augustinian | Augustinian Hermit | Austin Friar | begging hermit | Benedictine | Bernardine | Black Friar | Black Monk | Bonhomme | Brigittine | Capuchin | Carmelite | Carthusian | Cistercian | Cluniac | Conventual | Crossed Friar | Crutched Friar | Franciscan | Friar Minor | Gilbertine | Gray Friar | Hospitaler | Jesuit | Loyolite | Marist | Maryknoll | Minorite | Observant | Oratorian | preaching friar | Premonstratensian | Recollect | Recollet | Redemptorist | Templar | Trappist | White Friar See Also | friar | Girolamo Savonarola | mendicant | Roman Catholic | Savonarola Dominican In Webster's Dictionary \Do*min"i*can\, a. [NL. Dominicanus, fr. Dominicus,
Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.]
Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to
the religions communities named from him.
{Dominican nuns}, an order of nuns founded by St. Dominic,
and chiefly employed in teaching.
{Dominican tertiaries} (the third order of St. Dominic). See
{Tertiary}.
\Do*min"i*can\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also {preaching friars}, {friars preachers}, {black friars} (from their black cloak), {brothers of St. Mary}, and in France, {Jacobins}. |
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