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Dominican order   /dəmˈɪnəkən ˈɔrdər/   Listen
Dominican order

noun
1.
A Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century.





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... near Aquino, Italy, probably in 1225, died in 1274; entered the Dominican order; studied at Cologne under Albertus Magnus; taught at Cologne, Paris, Rome and Bologna; his chief work the "Summa Theologiae"; his complete writings ...
— The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I • Various
... holiness, who condescended more than once to employ these means when he was bishop of Rieti and Fermo." Dealings with the Inquisition, by the Rev. Giacinto Achilli D. D., late Prior and Visitor of the Dominican Order, Head Professor of Theology and Vicar of the master of the Sacred Apostolic Palace, etc., ...
— Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal • Sarah J Richardson


Words linked to "Dominican order" :   Dominican, monastic order, order, Black Friar, friar preacher, Blackfriar


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