dominican








adjective

  1. of or relating to St. Dominic or the Dominicans.

noun

  1. a member of one of the mendicant religious orders founded by St. Dominic; Black Friar.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Dominican Republic.
  2. of or relating to the Commonwealth of Dominica.

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic.
  2. a native or inhabitant of the Commonwealth of Dominica.

noun

    1. a member of an order of preaching friars founded by Saint Dominic in 1215; a Blackfriar
    2. a nun of one of the orders founded under the patronage of Saint Dominic

adjective

  1. of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Dominican Republic or Dominica

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic or Dominica
1

“Black friar,” 1630s, from Latin form of the name of Domingo de Guzman (Santo Domingo), founder of the order of preaching friars. His name, like Italian form Dominic, is from Latin dominicus “pertaining to a lord.”

2

“native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic,” 1853, from the Caribbean island of Dominica, home of the nation, so named 1493, from Latin (dies) dominica “Sunday,” the day of the week on which the island was discovered.

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