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English → English (gcide) Definition: Dominican nuns Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, prop. a. [NL. Dominicanus, fr. Dominicus, Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.] Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religious communities named from him. [1913 Webster] Dominican nuns, an order of nuns founded by St. Dominic, and chiefly employed in teaching. Dominican tertiaries the third order of St. Dominic. See Tertiary. [1913 Webster]