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Webster 1913 Edition
Dominican
Do-min′i-can
,p
rop.
Adj.
[NL.
Dominicanus
, fr. Dominicus
, Dominic
, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain
.] Of or pertaining to
St. Dominic
(Dominic de Guzman
), or to the religious 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
,p
rop.
Noun.
(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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Dominican
DOMINICAN
,Adj.