DOMINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dominus mean? 

• DOMINUS (noun)
  The noun DOMINUS has 1 sense:

1. a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson

  Familiarity information: DOMINUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOMINUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

domine; dominee; dominie; dominus

Hypernyms ("dominus" is a kind of...):

clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)

 Context examples 

Pulling off his cap, and clasping his hands, he chanted in a shrill voice: “Benedictus dominus Deus meus, qui docet manus meas ad proelium, et digitos meos ad bellum.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)