Definition of Dominecan
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 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, 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A person from Dominica or of its descent.
- A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.
- A member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic
- Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic, or its people.
- Of or belonging to the Dominican religious order.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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