'Dominican nuns' definitions:

Definition of 'Dominican nuns'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]