Lectionary Calendar
Friday, March 29th, 2024
Good Friday
Good Friday
There are 2 days til Easter!
Attention!
Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine.
Click to donate today!
Click to donate today!
Bible Dictionaries
Dominican
Webster's Dictionary
Search for
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
(1):
(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.
(2):
(a.) Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religions communities named from him.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dominican'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dominican.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dominican'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dominican.html. 1828.