domine
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Origin of domine
Vocative of Latin dominus master, lord
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Te oro, domine, ut exeam: Please, sir, let me go out.
From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John
Franco searched on the writing-table for a sheet of paper, and wrote: "Parce mihi, domine, quia brixiensis sum."
From The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico by Fogazzaro, Antonio
There was in the two ways in which "Master Jacques" was pronounced on the one hand, and the "master" by preeminence on the other, the difference between monseigneur and monsieur, between domine and domne.
From Notre-Dame De Paris by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
"Who should it be, domine illustrissime?" answered the person thus addressed, with the Latin courtesy of the country.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
I have four sisters beyond the sea, Para-mara, dictum, domine.
From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)
The question in Munich, then—and it’s quite a question—was whether the United States would really abandon its role as a guarantor of Europe’s security, and what domines could fall should that scenario come to pass.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2024
Before the Dutch settlers had any churches or domines, as they called their ministers, they had krankbesoeckers, or visitors of the sick, who read sermons to an assembled congregation every Sunday.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse
And if the domines move about in fear and trembling because of the argus-eyes and often Midas-like ears of the deacons, their wives must be still more discreet.
From Dutch Life in Town and Country by Hough, P. M.
Great was the fury of the Reformed domines and vehement their clamor for his immediate return.
From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
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