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Dominican
Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religions communities named from him.
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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) Aug…
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Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars.
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Belonging or relating to the West Indies.
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A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
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