Dominican

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, prop. a. [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.
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     {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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, prop. 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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Dominican
       adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican
              Republic or its people; "the Dominican population"
       2: of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order;
          "Dominican monks"
       n : a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the
           Dominican order [syn: {Black Friar}, {Blackfriar}, {friar
           preacher}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "Dominican":
     Augustinian, Augustinian Hermit, Austin Friar, 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, Premonstratensian, Recollect,
     Recollet, Redemptorist, Templar, Trappist, White Friar,
     begging hermit, preaching friar