Dom
[dɔm]
Definition
(n.) A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.
(n.) In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes.
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Definition
n. the Portuguese form of Don: also a title given to certain Catholic dignitaries and members of some monastic orders esp. the Benedictine.
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Examples
- The new arrival was the Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil, who had once visited Bell’s school for deaf-mutes in Boston. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- With the judges, a group of famous scientific men, and the Emperor’s suite for audience, Bell went to the transmitter at the other end of the wire, while Dom Pedro put the receiver to his ear. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Had Dom Pedro lived to see the Panama-Pacific Exposition he might have listened to Professor Bell talking not merely from the other end of a room, but from the other side of a continent. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They had many dom estic animals. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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