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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dominican \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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dominican \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Dominican adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people; "the Dominican population" [syn: {Dominican}] 2: of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order "Dominican monks" [syn: {Dominican}] n : a Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order [syn: {Black Friar}, {Blackfriar}, {Dominican}]
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