Members of the Dominican Republic or followers of Saint Dominic and the Dominican religious order in the Catholic Church.
From Dominican, derived from Dominic (Latin Dominicus, meaning 'of the Lord'). The term refers both to the Caribbean nation and the religious order founded in the 13th century.
The Dominican order became famous for producing some of history's greatest theologians and philosophers—they're called the 'Order of Preachers' and were particularly involved in the Inquisition, showing how the same religious authority could be used for both brilliant scholarship and dark persecution.
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