III. Statiitics, — ^The Dominicans have still convents in Italy (4 in the city of Rome, with about 100 mem- bew), Yrauoe (10 in 1862), Belgium, Holland, England, Ireland (about 50 members in 1848), Austria (87 con- vents with 202 members in 1843), Prussia (first con- vent established in 1860), Peland (in 1841, 16 houses with 160 members), Spain, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Centml and South America, and the United States, "Where they have houses in New York, Ohio, Ken- tncky, and Wisconsin. In 1862 the totol number of convents was estunated at 860 houses, with 4000 mem- hets. ^fthr'8 Getchichteder M9nch»orden; Helyot, OrdruMtSimx; Malvondi, A«naie$ Ordimt Pradica- torm (RomaB, 1746) ; Castillo and Lopez, Hittoria gen- f^^8,Dommgogd«mOrdmdePredic(Uores(bl[Bd-- rid, 1612 sq. 6 vols, fol.) ; Ahtonius Senensis, Chrome, ^mfrwiPhwBca*. (Paris, 1686, 8vo). A complete list fi* d\ the saints, martyrs, writers, etc., of the order is given in Annk Dominicaine (Paris, 1678 sq. 18 vols. ^)* The complete statutes (^ the order may be found
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Dominican Nuns, an order of nuns founded by Dominic (q. v.) de Guzman in 1206, at Prouille, near Toulouse. They were mostly converted Albigenses. At the time of their greatest prosperity they counted about 400 convents in Europe and America. They fell earlier into irregularities and dis- orders than the monks. They took part in all the reforms which were introduced among the monks, and split into similar congregations. The first convent of the order in the United States was organized by father Thomas Wil- son, in Kentucky, in 1823, from which some other houses have sprung in the dioceses of Cincinnati, Nash- ville, and San Francis- co. There are also con- gregations in the dio- ceses of Milwaukee and Brooklyn. They have also convents in most Italian states, in France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Ger- many, Ef^land, Russia. Their house in Rome is un* der the immediate direction of the Dominicans, while in most other countries they are under the jurisdiction of the diocesan bishops.
Dominiotim, a term applied by ancient writers to the Lord's day, the Lord's Supper, and the Lord's house. Cyprian uses it in two meanings in the same paragraph : Locuples et dive* 6«, ei Dominicutn celdn-ctre te credis^ qua corbonam non respicis f qua in Dominicum sine sacrijicio venii ; qua partem de eaaifido^ quod pau- per obtulit^ etmuMf" — "Are you a rich and wealthy matron, and do you think that yon rightly celebrate the DonUtticum" (Lord's day or Lord's Supper), "who have no regard to the corban ? who come into the Do- mnUcum" (the Lord's house) " without any sacrifice, and eat part of the sacrifice which the poor have of- fered ?" The general application of the word was to the Lord's house. Jerome says that the &mou8 church at Antioch, which was commenced by Constan- tine, and completed and dedicated by Constantius, had the name of DonMcum aurtum, in consequence of its richness and beauty. — Ducange, Gloesarium Med. et inf, Latimtatiey s. v. ; Farrar, Eecles. IHcHoiuay^ s. v. ; Bingham, Ori^. Ecdee, bk. viU, ch. L
Dominifl De, Mabc Autont, a learned Italian theologian, was bom in 1666, of an ancient family, at Arba, on the coast of Dalmatia, and studied at the Jesuits' college at Loretto, and at the University of Padua. The authorities of the university used their influence to induce him to enter the order of Jesuits: to this he appears to have consented at first; and, while passing his novitiate, he gave instruction in mathematics, physics, and eloquence. At the same time he employed his leisure in the study of theology. The routine of a college life not suiting his taste, De Dominis quitted Padua ; and, on Uie recommendation of the emperor Rodolphus, he was appointed bishop ef Segni, much to the anger of the Jesuits. Two years afterwards he was made archbishop of Spalatro ; but, while holding this dignity, he became embroiled with the pope (Paul Y) by taking a part in the disputes between that pontiff and the Venetians respecting the endowment of ecclesiastical establishments. On this occasion he threw out a censure on the conduct of the pope ; and he further gave offence by entering upon
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the important but personally dangeroos snbject of re- forming the manners of the clergy. He resigned his archbishopric and retired to Venice in 1615, and in 1616 he came to England, where James I appointed him dean of Windsor. He now prepared his boolc, Dt RepubHcA EccUaiatUoa^ the object of which is to show that the pope has no supremacy over other bish- ops (Lond. part i, 1617 ; part ii, 1620 ; part iii, Hanor. 1622, fol.). He edited fiither Paul's Hut. of the Couw cU of Trent in English. De Dominis appears to hare been restless and inconstant, for after a few years he expressed a wish to return to the Roman Church, and having received from Gregory XV a promise of par- don, he set out for Rome. Soon after his arrival, some intercepted letters gave indications that Ills repent- ance was not sincere, and he was in consequence com- mitted to t\^e castle of St. Angelo, where, after an im- prisonment of a few montlis, he died, September, 1624. Being convicted after Ills death of heresy, his body was disinterred and burnt. A pamphlet, called liis Reasoru/or rtncnrndng the ProUstcaU ReUgion^ appeared in London in 1827 (8 vo). Dr. Newland, dean of Ferns, published in 1860 a Life and Contemporaneous Church History of De Z>0Mtiiif.— Hook, Ecoks. Biog, iv, 474 ; English Cydopaodia; Collier, Ecdes. Hist, vii, 434 sq.