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  dom

  noun

  Sometimes Dom a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
• Dom
  Dom

  noun

  a male given name, form of Dominic.
• DOM
  DOM

  abbreviation

  a potent, long-acting hallucinogen, C 12 H 19 NO 2 , usually taken orally in the form of a tablet: DOM is strictly controlled in several countries, including the United States, where it is illegal to manufacture, distribute, buy, or possess this psychedelic drug.
• -dom
  -dom

  a suffix forming nouns which refer to domain (kingdom ), collection of persons (officialdom ), rank or station (earldom ), or general condition (freedom ).
• dom.
  dom.

  abbreviation

  domain.
• Dom.
  Dom.

  abbreviation

  Dominica.
• d.o.m.
  d.o.m.

  abbreviation

  dirty old man.
• D.O.M.
  D.O.M.

  abbreviation

  to God, the Best, the Greatest.

dom

¹ American  

[dom, dawn] / dɒm, dɔ̃ /

noun

1. Sometimes Dom a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.

2. Usually Dom a Portuguese title affixed to a man's given name; Sir: formerly a title of certain dignitaries.

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dom ² American  

[dom] / dɒm /

noun

1. a dominant in a BDSM sexual encounter or relationship.

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verb (used with object)

dommed, domming

1. to act as the dominant partner in a BDSM sexual encounter or relationship.

verb (used without object)

dommed, domming

1. to act as the dominant partner to (someone) in a BDSM sexual encounter or relationship.

Dom ³ American  

[dom] / dɒm /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Dominic.

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DOM ⁴ American  

abbreviation

Pharmacology.

1. a potent, long-acting hallucinogen, C 12 H 19 NO 2 , usually taken orally in the form of a tablet: DOM is strictly controlled in several countries, including the United States, where it is illegal to manufacture, distribute, buy, or possess this psychedelic drug.

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-dom ⁵ American  

1. a suffix forming nouns which refer to domain (kingdom ), collection of persons (officialdom ), rank or station (earldom ), or general condition (freedom ).

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dom. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. domain.

2. domestic.

3. dominant.

4. dominion.

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Dom. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. Dominica.

2. Dominican.

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d.o.m. ⁸ American  

abbreviation

Slang.

1. dirty old man.

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D.O.M. ⁹ American  

abbreviation

1. to God, the Best, the Greatest.

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-dom ¹ British  

suffix

1. state or condition

   freedom

   martyrdom

2. rank or office

   earldom

3. domain

   kingdom

   Christendom

4. a collection of persons

   officialdom

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DOM ² British  

abbreviation

1. Deo Optimo Maximo

2. informal Dirty Old Man

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abbreviation

1. Dominican Republic (international car registration)

dom ³ British  

/ dɒm /

noun

1. (sometimes capital) RC Church a title given to Benedictine, Carthusian, and Cistercian monks and to certain of the canons regular

2. (formerly in Portugal and Brazil) a title borne by royalty, princes of the Church, and nobles

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Dom. ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Dominican

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Usage

What does -dom mean? The suffix -dom denotes nouns for domains, collections of persons, rank or station, or general condition. It is often used in a variety of everyday and technical terms. The suffix -dom comes from Old English -dōm, meaning “statute, judgment, or jurisdiction.” Another descendant in modern English from this stem is doom, which today means “unavoidable ill fortune; ruin, death” but originally referred to a judgment or legal decision, especially an unfavorable one.

Etymology

Origin of dom¹

First recorded from 1710–20; shortened from Latin dominus “lord, master”

Origin of dom²

First recorded in 1985–90; shortened from dominant ( def. )

Origin of DOM⁴

First recorded in 1965–70; from chemical name 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine; first synthesized in 1963 by U.S. psychopharmacologist Alexander Shulgin (1925–2014)

Origin of -dom⁵

Middle English; Old English -dōm; cognate with Old Norse -dōmr, German -tum; see doom

Origin of D.O.M.⁹

From Latin Deō Optimō Maximō

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Example Sentences

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By selling out Shiv, as he always does, and exploiting Kendall's insecurity that he's "not Logan," Roman has kenneled his siblings while securing a new dom in the White House.

From Salon ● May 20, 2023

She is estimated to have saved £2m a year on this income by registering as a non dom with HM Revenue and Customs.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2022

When exactly dom dancers started performing with men is unknown.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2021

Fizzy wine wasn’t desirable, and removing the fizz was the problem that the dom was trying to fix.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2017

He’d become a good friend, unstintingly sharing the wis dom he’d gained during his failed attempt on the peak in 1995.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

This property came with plenty of bells and whistles as well: a $200,000 candy room, a 2,500-bottle wine cellar loaded with cases of Dom Perignon, and an art installation featuring a chrome machine gun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

"We want to rack up some points," England wing Dom Young said.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

When the dot-com boom and bust of 1998-2002 started, Dom Rizzo, the global technology equity fund manager at T. Rowe Price, was only five years old.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Within 30 minutes of talking to Dom, I knew that we had to make a movie about Anthony Bourdain together,” Johnson says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Except for my brother Dom, fortified with the constitution of a bull, we were ill for much of the voyage.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

The growing American appetite for chain pizza made Domino’s Pizza DOM -2.52%decrease; red down pointing triangle one of the best restaurant stocks to own for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

MPs DOM is largely made up of small, biologically accessible molecules that may stimulate or suppress microbial growth, disrupt nutrient cycles, or interact with metals and other pollutants.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025

Mixed with alchemical precision, the monthly rotating selection features rare extravagances like the Prince of Wales, a heady mix of Pierre Ferrand 1840 Cognac, Dry Orange Curaçao, DOM Benedictine and Champagne.

From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2015

We want somebody who can build code, analyze the DOM, understands page performance, and implement design and functionality changes that produce results.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2015

The first object of my visitation at Manheim, on the morrow, was the house of DOM.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

And eueruyches monnes dom.     to his owere dure churreþ.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall

Bi þare séé in ore vt lete. þar he demeþ mony riht dom. ⁊ diht ⁊ wryt mony wisdom.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall

“And the other person who had that presence was Dom. And he was gone as well.”

From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2021

“So it has been a little bit of a process with Dom. It’s not always, ‘Here’s an opening, here you go.’

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2018

"Oh—hi, Mrs. Van Dom. This is Bobby. I'm really sorry to be calling so late. Could I talk to Alicia?"

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

Dom., seems to me yet but a suckling in swaddling clothes, mewing and peevish in the arms of his mother, that has been long laid in the cold kirkyard, beside her predecessor, in Abraham's bosom.

From The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder by John Galt

St. P., Dom., 1581-1590, 29, was probably a result of the activity of the privy council.

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Wallace Notestein

"Ants, for example, this year are only available for customers who specifically ask to try them," said Atala, whose Sao Paulo restaurant D.O.M. plucks ingredients from the Amazonian wilderness to reinterpret Indigenous traditions.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The hotel’s full name, Deo Optimo Maximo, abbreviated D.O.M., derives from a Latin inscription found in an adjacent church and evokes the site’s previous ecclesiastical incarnation.

From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2014

There followed a sound of falling rocks below, a fierce shaking of the suspended rope, and then a muffled voice sang out an order, "H'ist away, and be dommed ter yer."

From Beth Norvell A Romance of the West by Randall Parrish

“Here I am,” he exclaimed, “with no nipple on me gun, and the whole dommed Confederacy right on us!”

From A Raw Recruit's War Experiences by Ansel D. Nickerson

"None o' my dommed funeral, beggin' yer pardon, miss," he condescended to mutter in slight apology.

From Beth Norvell A Romance of the West by Randall Parrish

"The dommed robber has made fool of us'n," he cried savagely.

From The Highgrader by D. C. Hutchison

The Scottish savant looked up: ‘It is a dommed mismanaged affair,’ he said. 

From The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang

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