DOMINICAN : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: DOMINICAN	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for DOMINICAN
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dominican adj of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people; "the Dominican population" of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order; "Dominican monks" n a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order Synonym(s): Dominican, Black Friar, Blackfriar, friar preacher a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dominican \Domin"ican\, a. [NL. Dominicanus, fr. Dominicus, Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.] 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dominican \Domin"ican\, 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}.