Dom DOM, used as a termination, denotes jurisdiction, or property and
jurisdiction; primarily, doom, judgment; as in kingdom, earldom. Hence
it is used to denote state, condition or quality, as in wisdom, freedom.
Dom Etymology: Latin dominus master Date: 1716 1.
— used as a title for some monks and canons regular 2. — used as a
title prefixed to the Christian name of a Portuguese or Brazilian man of rank
-dom suffix forming nouns denoting: 1 state or condition (freedom). 2 rank or status (earldom). 3 domain (kingdom). 4 a class of people (or the attitudes etc. associated with them)
regarded collectively (officialdom). Etymology: OE -dom, orig. = DOOM
dom n. 1 a title prefixed to the names of some Roman Catholic dignitaries, and Benedictine and Carthusian monks. 2 the Portuguese equivalent of Don (see DON(1)). Etymology: L dominus
master: sense 2 through Port.
Dom n. 1 a title prefixed to the names of some Roman Catholic dignitaries, and Benedictine and Carthusian monks. 2 the Portuguese equivalent of Don (see DON(1)). Etymology: L dominus
master: sense 2 through Port.
Dom
n. 1 a title prefixed to the names of some Roman Catholic dignitaries,
and Benedictine and Carthusian monks. 2 the Portuguese equivalent of Don
(see DON(1)). [L dominus master: sense 2 through Port.]
-dom \-dom\
A suffix denoting:
(a) Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as
in kingdom earldom.
(b) State, condition, or quality of being, as in wisdom,
freedom.
Note: It is from the same root as doom meaning authority and
judgment. ?. See Doom.
Dom \Dom\, n. [Pg. See Don.]
1. A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other
church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don,
and Dan.
2. In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the
higher classes.
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