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Dominican

/dəˈmɪnəkən/
/dəˈmɪnɪkən/
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Other forms: Dominicans

Definitions of Dominican
  1. noun
    a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
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    Girolamo Savonarola
    Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498)
    type of:
    friar, mendicant
    a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
  2. adjective
    of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order
    Dominican monks”
  3. noun
    a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic
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    type of:
    West Indian
    a native or inhabitant of the West Indies
  4. adjective
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people
    “the Dominican population”
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