Dominican
[də'mɪnɪkən]
Definition
(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' .
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Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Predicant, jacobin, black friar, preaching friar.
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Definition
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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Examples
- The learned Dominican Albertus Magnus (1193-1280) was a careful student of Aristotle as well as of his Arabian commentators. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- When at last a pope was appointed, he despatched two Dominican friars to convert the greatest power in Asia to his rule! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I speak of the Dominican friars--men who wear a coarse, heavy brown robe and a cowl, in this hot climate, and go barefoot. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- T HOMAS AQUINAS OVERCOMING AVERRO?S] The English Franciscan Roger Bacon (1214-12 94) deserves to be m entioned with the two great Dominicans. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He had taken part in that first mission to Kublai Khan, and had gone on when the two Dominicans turned back. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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