domine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of domine
Vocative of Latin dominus master, lord
Example Sentences
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A match, i'faith; do you provide a domine, and I'll go tell her our resolutions, and hearten her up against the day of battle.
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Van Wassenaer, the son of a domine in Amsterdam, gives us a report of the colony as it existed under Minuit.
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Just so, domine spectabilis!" said the assessor, smiling; "it's the worst plea I ever heard of,—denique, our friend is young.
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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.
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The domine therefore had to be satisfied, and said, "'Tis well then, 'tis well then, I did not know that."
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