Word
Dominican
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
do-min-i-can
Definition
- a. - Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or
to the religions communities named from him.
- 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.
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