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Definition of Dominie
1. Noun. A clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson.
Definition of Dominie
1. n. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue.
Definition of Dominie
1. Noun. (Scotland) A schoolmaster, teacher. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) A pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dominie
1. a clergyman [n -S] - See also: clergyman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dominie
Literary usage of Dominie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eli Perkins (at Large): His Saying and Doings. by Melville De Lancey Landon (1875)
"ELI ON dominie FORD. ON Colfax Mountain, NJ, lives good old dominie Ford.
The dominie is a good old hardshell Baptist, who distills apple-toddy during the ..."
2. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"1 The intemperate zeal of red-faced dominie Nieuwenhuysen sometimes hurried ...
dominie Nicholas van Rensselaer, having been ordained in England by a bishop ..."
3. The German Pietists of Provincial Pennsylvania: 1694-1708 by Julius Friedrich Sachse (1895)
"That notwithstanding his arduous duties, dominie Falk- ner still remained in
touch with ... dominie Justus Falkner's married life proved of short duration. ..."
4. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America by Charles Washington Baird (1885)
"Provision was made for the religious instruc- dominie tion of the colonists. ...
The Company's yacht, which carried dominie Blom to the place of his labors, ..."
5. History of the County of Schenectady, N.Y., from 1662 to 1886 by George Rogers Howell, John H. Munsell (1886)
"\Ve know little about it except that it was small and inconvenient, and that it
stood at the junction of Church, State and Water streets. dominie Pieter ..."
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