Dominican vs. Franciscan — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dominican and Franciscan
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Dominican
Of or relating to the Dominican Republic or its people or culture.
Franciscan
A member of an originally mendicant Roman Catholic religious order founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209 and dedicated to the virtues of humility and poverty. It is now divided into three independent branches.
Dominican
Of or relating to Dominica or its people or culture.
Franciscan
Of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him.
Dominican
A native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic.
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Franciscan
Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans.
Dominican
A person of Dominican ancestry.
Franciscan
A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. They are called also Friars Minor; and in England, Gray Friars, because they wear a gray habit.
Dominican
A native or inhabitant of Dominica.
Franciscan
A Roman Catholic friar wearing the gray habit of the Franciscan order
Dominican
A person of Dominican ancestry.
Franciscan
Of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him;
Franciscan monks
Dominican
A member of a Roman Catholic order of preaching friars established in 1216 by Saint Dominic.
Dominican
Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religious communities named from him.
Dominican
One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins.
Dominican
A Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
Dominican
Of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people;
The Dominican population
Dominican
Of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order;
Dominican monks
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