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Dominic

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Dom·i·nic  (dm-nk), Saint 1170?-1221.
Spanish-born priest who preached against the Albigensian heresy and founded the Dominican order of friars (1216).
Dominic [ˈdɒmɪnɪk]
n
(Biographies / Dominic, Saint (?1170-1221) M, Spanish, RELIGION: clergyman, RELIGION: saint) Saint. original name Domingo de Guzman. ?1170-1221, Spanish priest; founder of the Dominican order. Feast day: Aug. 7
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Noun1.DominicDominic - (Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221)
Domingo de Guzman, Saint Dominic, St. Dominic
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
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Dominic [ˈdɒmɪnɪk] N → Domingo


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I was the harbinger of sudden departures, but there was nothing in the world sudden enough to take Dominic unawares.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
In that cafe with our heads close together over a marble table, Dominic and I held an earnest and endless confabulation while Madame Leonore, rustling a black silk skirt, with gold earrings, with her raven hair elaborately dressed and something nonchalant in her movements, would take occasion, in passing to and fro, to rest her hand for a moment on Dominic's shoulder.
The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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