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  1. 1. a. Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religions communities named from him. Source: opted
  2. 2. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 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. 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. Source: webster
  8. 8. Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to thereligions communities named from him. Dominican nuns, an order ofnuns founded by St. Dominic, and chiefly employed in teaching.-- Dominican tertiaries (the third order of St. Dominic). SeeTertiary. Source: adambom
  9. 9. j:87/n:13 n. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order n. a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic a. of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people Source: ecdict

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