DOMINICAN ORDER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Dominican order" is a kind of...):

monastic order; order (a group of person living under a religious rule)

Meronyms (members of "Dominican order"):

Black Friar; Blackfriar; Dominican; friar preacher (a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order)

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