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dom⋅i⋅nie

  [dom-uh-nee, doh-muh-]
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–noun
1. Chiefly Scot. a schoolmaster.
2. a pastor in the Dutch Reformed Church.
3. Chiefly Hudson Valley. a pastor or minister.
Origin:
1605–15; var. of domine
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dom·i·nie   (dŏm'ə-nē', dō'mə-)   
n.   Scots

  1. A cleric.

  2. A schoolmaster.


[Obsolete domine, clergyman, from Latin, vocative of dominus, lord; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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