The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.