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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