dominican

n. செயிண்ட் டாமினிக் என்ற அருட்பெயரியாரால் 1215,இல் நிறுவப்பட்ட கருநிற உடையணிந்த துறவியர் குழுவினர், (பெயரை) செயிண்ட் மாமினிக் என்ற அருட்பெரியாரைச் சார்ந்த, செயிண்ட டாமினிக் என்பாரின் துறவியர் குழுவினுக்குரிய.

Do*min"i*can, a. Etym: [NL. Dominicanus, fr. Dominicus, Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.] Defn: 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. Do*min"i*can, n. (Eccl. Hist.) Defn: 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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