Lore EA dominus
Latin dominus "owner, lord, master"
in ancient Rome, "master," or "owner," particularly of slaves
a title for ecclesiastics/gentlemen, applied to knights or clergymen, sometimes to the lord of a manor or an academic master
from PIE root *demh₂- "to tame, domesticate"
Cognate with Sanskrit दाम्यति (dāmyati) "to tame, subdue, conquer", Ancient Greek δαμνάω (damnáō), Old High German zemmen and the Proto-Germanic adjective *tamaz
A term now rarely listed in dictionaries, except for unabridged versions. The here listed conventional dictionary entries are from Merriam-Webster.
Other dictionaries mostly only show the uppercase theological version of the word ("Dominus").
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |