Dominican friar

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• Antonio de Montesinos (Dominican friar) — This article is about the Dominican friar. For the Portuguese traveler, see Antonio de Montezinos. Antonio de Montesinos (or Antonio Montesino)[1] was a Spanish Dominican friar on the island of Hispaniola (now the Dominican Republic and Haiti)… …   Wikipedia

• Friar Julian — was one of a group of Hungarian Dominican friars who, in 1235, left Hungary in order to find those Magyars who mdash; according to the chronicles mdash; remained in the eastern homeland. After a great distance, Friar Julian reached the capital of …   Wikipedia

• 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• friar preacher — noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order • Syn: ↑Dominican, ↑Black Friar, ↑Blackfriar • Hypernyms: ↑friar, ↑mendicant • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Savonarola, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Dominican — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or relating to St Dominic or the order of preaching friars which he founded in 1215 16. 2 of or relating to either of the two orders of female religious founded on Dominican principles. n. a Dominican friar, nun, or sister… …   Useful english dictionary

• Friar Preacher — pl. Friars Preachers. a Dominican friar. [1150 1200; ME frer prechour] * * * …   Universalium

• friar — [frī′ər] n. [ME frer, frier < OFr frere < L frater, BROTHER] a member of any of various mendicant orders, as a Franciscan or Dominican friarly adj …   English World dictionary

• Dominican Order — For the Caribbean nation, see Dominican people. Order of Preachers Ordo Praedicatorum Abbreviation OP, Dominicans, Blackfriars Motto …   Wikipedia

• Dominican — /deuh min i keuhn/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to St. Dominic or the Dominicans. n. 2. a member of one of the mendicant religious orders founded by St. Dominic; Black Friar. [1625 35; Dominic (s. of Dominicus Latinized form of Domingo de Guzman,… …   Universalium

• Dominican — Synonyms and related words: Augustinian, Augustinian Hermit, Austin Friar, Benedictine, Bernardine, Black Friar, Black Monk, Bonhomme, Brigittine, Capuchin, Carmelite, Carthusian, Cistercian, Cluniac, Conventual, Crossed Friar, Crutched Friar,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• friar —    A friar is a monk, and would therefore normally be addressed as ‘brother’, but ‘friar’, used on its own or followed by a name, seems to have been used in former times. Friars were properly members of the mendicant orders of the Roman Catholic… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address