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dominus

/doʊˈminəs/

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What does dominus mean?

noun

  1. (historical) master; sir; a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor, castle or an academic master

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IPA pronunciation

/doʊˈminəs/

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“Quis hominum potest scire consilium Dei? Aut quis poterit cogitare quid velit Dominus?”
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
And there Gabriel greeted our Lady, saying, Ave gratia plena, Dominus tecum!
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
More book examples (3)
The word, which is one with the honourable appellation dame, goes back to the Latin domina, "mistress, lady," the feminine of dominus, "lord, master."
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
Dominus dedit, Dominus abstulit, sit nomen Domini benedictum.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444
For that which in speaking of goods and possessions, is called an Owner, and in latine Dominus, in Greeke Kurios; speaking of Actions, is called Author.
Thomas HobbesLeviathanProject Gutenberg ebook #3207