domine
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Origin of domine
Vocative of Latin dominus master, lord
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A! domine," cried the young Greek, "I have friends in the house of Lentulus.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
Dominie is the Latin vocative domine, formerly used by schoolboys in addressing their master, while pandy, a stroke on the hand with a cane, is from pande palmam, hold out your hand.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
The Englishman helped him through with a moral phrase; and then pulling off his hat, exclaimed very solemnly; "Vale, domine doctissime et reverendissime!"
From Hyperion by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Almost as important as the domine was the voorleezer or chorister, who was also generally the bell-ringer, sexton, grave-digger, funeral inviter, schoolmaster, and sometimes town clerk.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse
A Scots domine writes in his log: I have discovered a girl with a sense of humour.
From On The Art of Reading by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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
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)
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.
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
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