Dominican – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Dominican
n.
member of an order of friars founded by Saint Dominic, Black Friar; resident of the Dominican Republic
adj.
of or pertaining to Saint Dominic or the religious orders founded by him; of or pertaining to the Dominican Republic (country in the Caribbean Sea)
Dominican
Dominican may refer to: Platano
- Someone or something from or related to the Dominican Republic, on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles, in the Caribbean
- Someone or something from or related to the Commonwealth of Dominica, an island nation in the Lesser Antilles, in the Caribbean
- Dominican Order, a Catholic religious order
Dominican
Noun
1. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
(synonym) Black Friar, Blackfriar, friar preacher
(hypernym) friar, mendicant
(hyponym) Savonarola, Girolamo Savonarola
(member-holonym) Dominican order
Adjective
1. of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people; "the Dominican population"
(pertainym) Dominican Republic
2. of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order; "Dominican monks"
(pertainym) Dominican, Black Friar, Blackfriar, friar preacher
Dominican
(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.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religions communities named from him.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Dominican
Synonyms and related words:
Augustinian, Augustinian Hermit, Austin Friar, Benedictine, Bernardine, Black Friar, Black Monk, Bonhomme, Brigittine, Capuchin, Carmelite, Carthusian, Cistercian, Cluniac, Conventual, Crossed Friar, Crutched Friar, Franciscan, Friar Minor, Gilbertine, Gray Friar, Hospitaler, Jesuit, Loyolite, Marist, Maryknoll, Minorite, Observant, Oratorian, Premonstratensian, Recollect, Recollet, Redemptorist, Templar, Trappist, White Friar, begging hermit, preaching friar,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
