| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Dominic, Saint |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Dom·i·nic |
| PRONUNCIATION: | d m -n k |
| DATES: | 1170?1221 |
| Spanish-born priest who preached against the Albigensian heresy and founded the Dominican order of friars (1216).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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