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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

dominus noun
plural: domini
  • an owner as distinguished from a user
  • a principal as distinguished from an agent

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").

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dominus

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Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 8, 1911