Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Master; sir: a title formerly given to a clergyman (in the University of Cambridge to a bachelor of arts), gentleman, or lord of a manor. See dominie, don, dan.
- noun In civil law, one who possesses something by right.
- noun In feudal law, one who grants part of his estate in fee, to be enjoyed by another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
master ;sir ; a title of respect formerly applied to aknight orclergyman , and sometimes to thelord of amanor
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson
Etymologies
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Examples
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For that which in speaking of goods and possessions is called an owner, and in Latin dominus in Greek kurios; speaking of actions, is called author.
Leviathan 2007
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For that which in speaking of goods and possessions is called an owner and in Latin dominus, in Greek [Greek]; speaking of actions is called author.
Chapter XVI. Of Persons, Authors, and Things Personated 1909
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The territory received the tenant, and gave him as tenant the right to a seat in the senate; but the right of the territory was derived not from the domain, but from the dominus, that is, the city.
The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny Orestes Augustus Brownson 1839
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In oriental monarchies the dominus is the monarch; in republics it is the public or people fixed to the soil or territory, that is, the people in their territorial, and not in their personal or genealogical relation.
The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny Orestes Augustus Brownson 1839
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'Dan said the plural of "dominus" was "dominoes", and when Miss Blake said it wasn't he said he supposed it was "backgammon", and so he had to write it out twice -- for cheek, you know.'
Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Ave Maria [Hail Mary] gratia plena [full of grace] dominus tecum, [the Lord is with thee] virgo serena. [serene Virgin]
Josquin's Ave Maria 2009
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First it was the dominus with his blonde slave, and later that slave was subjecting herself to Rhaskos' charms up against a wall.
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Also, during the ambush at the dominus' home, we saw one Roman getting impaled from the back of the head through the front of the mouth.
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“Thank the Horned Ones I was able to leave without being sold to some dominus.”
Iondo Meets Bloody Beth Thomas Martin 2011
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But Lord is a poor translation of Dominus – literally dominus meant master to a slave.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » What’s Next — Dreaming of Mussolini? 2009
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