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Definition of Dominican
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people. "The Dominican population"
2. Noun. A Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order.
Group relationships: Dominican Order
Generic synonyms: Friar, Mendicant
Specialized synonyms: Girolamo Savonarola, Savonarola
3. Adjective. Of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order. "Dominican monks"
4. Noun. A native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic.
Definition of Dominican
1. a. Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religious communities named from him.
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.
Definition of Dominican
1. Noun. A person from the Commonwealth of Dominica or of its descent. ¹
2. Noun. A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent. ¹
3. Noun. A member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic. ¹
4. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people. ¹
5. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic, or its people. ¹
6. Adjective. Of or belonging to the Dominican religious order. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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