Order of Friars Preachers (A Roman Catholic order of mendicant friars founded by St. Dominic in 1216 to spread the faith through preaching and teaching. It was one of the most influential religious orders in the later Middle Ages)

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• Order of Preachers — n. Dominican Order, Roman Catholic order of mendicant preaching friars founded by Saint Dominic in 1216 …   English contemporary dictionary

• Dominican Order — n. Order of Preachers, Roman Catholic order of mendicant preaching friars founded by Saint Dominic in 1216 …   English contemporary dictionary

• Order of Preachers —     Order of Preachers     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Preachers     As the Order of the Friars Preachers is the principal part of the entire Order of St. Dominic, we shall include under this title the two other parts of the order: the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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