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Definition of Dominican order
1. Noun. A Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century.
Generic synonyms: Monastic Order, Order
Member holonyms: Black Friar, Blackfriar, Dominican, Friar Preacher
Member holonyms: Black Friar, Blackfriar, Dominican, Friar Preacher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dominican Order
Literary usage of Dominican order
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"He entered the Dominican order in 1279. From 1294 to 1305 he served as prior in
convents at Albi, Carcassonne, Castres, and Limoges; in 1314 he was vicar of ..."
2. Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman (1984)
"Nevertheless, it gives some indication of the power of the Dominican order which
could and did defy the secular ecclesiastical authority of the bishop. ..."
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