Dominic

(däm′ə nik)

noun

a masculine name: dim. Dom; var. Dominick

Origin: ML Dominicus, lit., of the Lord: see dominical

Dominic, Saint (1170-1221); Sp. priest: founder of the Dominican order: his day is Aug. 8

See Dominic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Spanish-born priest who preached against the Albigensian heresy and founded the Dominican order of friars (1216).

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