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dominican
(encz) | Dominican,dominikán n: Zdeněk Brož |
dominican
(encz) | Dominican,dominikánský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Dominican
(gcide) | Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, prop. a. [NL. Dominicanus, fr.
Dominicus, Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.]
Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to
the religious communities named from him.
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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.
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Dominican
(gcide) | Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, prop. n. (Eccl. Hist.)
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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dominican
(wn) | Dominican
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican
Republic or its people; "the Dominican population"
2: of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order;
"Dominican monks"
n 1: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the
Dominican order [syn: Dominican, Black Friar,
Blackfriar, friar preacher]
2: a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic |
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dominican republic
(mass) | Dominican Republic
- Dominikánska republika |
dominican republic
(encz) | Dominican Republic,Dominikánská Republika n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
dominicans
(encz) | Dominicans, |
c Dominicans or Black Friars
(gcide) | Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr.
L. frater brother. See Brother.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,
but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:
(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. {(b)
Augustines}. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. {(d) White
Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.
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2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
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3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides.
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Friar bird (Zool.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus
corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --
called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; {poor
soldier}, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to
several other species of the same genus.
Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
benzoin. --Brande & C.
Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood.
Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare)
with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
--Milton.
Friar skate (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate
(Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, {border
ray}, scad, and doctor.
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Dominican
(gcide) | Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, prop. a. [NL. Dominicanus, fr.
Dominicus, Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.]
Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to
the religious communities named from him.
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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.
[1913 Webster]Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, prop. n. (Eccl. Hist.)
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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Dominican nuns
(gcide) | Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, prop. a. [NL. Dominicanus, fr.
Dominicus, Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.]
Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to
the religious communities named from him.
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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.
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Dominican tertiaries
(gcide) | Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, prop. a. [NL. Dominicanus, fr.
Dominicus, Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.]
Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to
the religious communities named from him.
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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.
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capital of the dominican republic
(wn) | capital of the Dominican Republic
n 1: the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic;
"Santo Domingo is the oldest continually inhabited European
settlement in the Americas with the oldest cathedral and
the oldest hospital and the oldest monastery in the Western
Hemisphere" [syn: Santo Domingo, Ciudad Trujillo,
capital of the Dominican Republic] |
dominican dollar
(wn) | Dominican dollar
n 1: the basic unit of money in Dominica |
dominican mahogany
(wn) | Dominican mahogany
n 1: mahogany tree of West Indies [syn: true mahogany, {Cuban
mahogany}, Dominican mahogany, Swietinia mahogani] |
dominican monetary unit
(wn) | Dominican monetary unit
n 1: monetary unit in the Dominican Republic |
dominican order
(wn) | Dominican order
n 1: a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in
the 13th century |
dominican peso
(wn) | Dominican peso
n 1: the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to
100 centavos [syn: Dominican peso, peso] |
dominican republic
(wn) | Dominican Republic
n 1: a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-
thirds of the island of Hispaniola |
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