DominiCanis

From Latin,
Dominus, Domini (n): the Lord, God
Dominicus, Dominica, Dominicum (a): belonging to God
Dominicus, Dominici (n): the Lord's day (Sunday) / St Dominic
Canis, Canis (n): dog, hound, subordinate
Dominicanus, Dominicani (n): a religious of the Order of St Dominic
Domini canis or Domini canes: the dog or dogs of the Lord;

DominiCanis can be considered a pun or a play on words that refers t

o Dominicanus - a Dominican, whose symbol is also a dog of the Lord. Traditionally Pope Gregory the Great († 604) was the first who used the symbol of the fox to signify the heretic, and that of the sheep and the dog to signify the faithful and the preacher. In the 13th and 14th centuries the dog was the figure or metaphor regularly used to refer to preachers in general and to the Friars Preachers in particular. The symbol of the dog was applied specifically to St Dominic, whose mother in her vision before his birth saw the child under the form of a dog, holding in his jaws a flaming torch and setting fire to the world. To call the Friars Preachers, the sons of St Dominic, the sons of the spotted dog, the dogs of the Lord is to expect from them the apostolic zeal and mission like that of St Dominic: to set light into darkness, to bark rights at wrongs, and to protect the Truth of God (cf.