Dominican

[də'mɪnɪkən]

解释:

(noun.) a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic.

(noun.) a Roman 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' .

克拉丽斯编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religions communities named from him.

(n.) 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.

阿曼达录入

同义词及近义词：

n. Predicant, jacobin, black friar, preaching friar.

安格斯校对

解释:

adj. belonging to St Dominic or to the Dominicans.—n. a friar or monk of the order of St Dominic—Fratres Predicatores founded in 1215—the Black Friars from their black mantle.

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