dominican

Noun · Adjective
US[duh-min-uh-kuhn]/dəˈmɪnəkən/4 syllables
Synonyms: Black FriarBlackfriarfriar preacher

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican orderSynonyms: Black FriarBlackfriarfriar preacherType of friar, mendicantExamples Savonarola, Girolamo SavonarolaMember of Dominican order
  2. a native or inhabitant of the Dominican RepublicType of West IndianMember of Dominican Republic

Adjective (2)

  1. of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people“the Dominican population”Relating to Dominican Republic
  2. of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order“Dominican monks”Relating to Blackfriar
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Do·min′i·can prop. a.

Origin: NL. Dominicanus, fr. Dominicus, Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.

Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religious 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.

Do·min′i·can prop. n.

Eccl. Hist. 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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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