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.