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Dominus

American  
[doh-mi-noos, dom-i-] / ˈdoʊ mɪˌnus, ˈdɒm ɪ- /

noun

Latin.
  1. God; the Lord.


Dominus British  
/ ˈdɒmɪnʊs /

noun

  1. God or Christ

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Susan Dominus, a writer for The Times Magazine, explains why she uses first-person narration in her reporting.

From New York Times • May 23, 2023

Here’s Kate Dominus again, reading her grandmother’s unfinished biography.

From Scientific American • Nov. 11, 2021

She partnered with famed Bordeaux vintner Christian Moueix to create Dominus and co-founded Merryvale winery with Bill Harlan, who went on to personify Napa cult wine with his own label.

From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2021

Does the firm’s Dominus Valley winery in Yountville, California, look like a flat black block?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2018

Notes.—“Vigil torment”: this torment is referred to in the speech of Dominus Hyacinthus, line 329 et seq., as “the Vigiliarum.”

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward