Definition of Dominus

1. Noun. A clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson.

Exact synonyms: Domine, Dominee, Dominie
Generic synonyms: Clergyman, Man Of The Cloth, Reverend

Definition of Dominus

1. n. Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dominus

dominionless
dominions
dominiques
dominitrix
dominium
dominiums
domino computer
domino computers
domino costume
domino effect
domino theory
dominoes
dominolike
dominos
dominus (current term)
dominus vobiscum
domiodol
domiphen bromide
domitable
domite
domme
dommes
dommies
dommy
domoic
domoic acid
domophobia
domotic
domotics

Literary usage of Dominus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1899)
"Potager, rector of S. Aldate's ; dominus John Archer, ... Sulgrave, vicar of S. Giles'; dominus John Felton, vicar of S. Mary Magdalen; Mag. ..."

2. Journal of Theological Studies (1905)
"15. apud eundem dominus dicit 41. n. Apud Ezechiel Deus dicit 90. ... 19 dominus dicit post resurrectionem, where however dicit is omitted by ART*). ipse in ..."

3. Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents Relating to Great Britain and Ireland by David Wilkins, William Stubbs (1869)
"g Prophetae dicunt eis : Non videbitis gladium, et famés non erit in vobis, sed pacem veram dabit' dominus ' " vobis in loco isto. Et dixit dominus ad me ..."

4. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, George Powell McNeill, Aeneas James George Mackay (1893)
"[SURREXIT dominus DE SEPULCHRO. ... dominus de sepulchre, The Lord is rissin fra deid to lyfe agane, Qui pro nobis pependit in ligno, ..."

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