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▪ I. † domine, n. Obs.|ˈdɒmɪniː|
[vocative case of L. domin-us lord, master.]
1. Lord, master: used in respectful address to the clergy or members of learned professions.
[c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iii. xix. (1891) 214 Min domne hwæt is þis fýr.] 1566Gascoigne iii. ii, Domine, Doctor. Ibid. iii. iv. 1609B. Jonson Sil. Wom. v. i, 'Tis no presumption, domine doctor. 1616Beaum. & Fl. Scornf. Lady ii. i, Adieu, dear Domine! 1640Brome Antipodes iv. x, [To his chaplain] You Domine where are you? 1675Wycherley Country Wife iv. iii, No, good Domine doctor, I deceive you, it seems, and others too.
2. A clergyman or parson; spec. = dominie 2.
a1679Earl of Orrery Guzman iv, Are you the Domine of the Parish? 1701C. Wolley Jrnl. in N. York (1860) 55 Two other Ministers or Domines as they were called there..one a Lutheran..the other a Calvinist. 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. ii. ii. 26 A little Domine or Curate in the towering and topping Pulpit. a1711Ken Lett. Wks. (1838) 84 The Dominees are..too Calvinisticall to be in league with those who oppose you. 1892Critic 12 Mar. 151/2 The Dutchman's endearing title of his pastor is properly spelled as the old Dutch documents spelled it..The ‘domine’ was the clergyman; a ‘dominie’ is a school-master.
b. A schoolmaster, etc.; = dominie 1, q.v.
▪ II. † ˈdomine, v. Obs.
Also 5–6 domyne.
[a. OF. domine-r, ad. L. dominārī to dominate.]
1. trans. To rule, govern, control, dominate.
1481Caxton Godfrey 2 Alysaundre..domyned and had to hym obeyssaunt the vnyuersal world. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xi. ix, The whych ryght..they myght well domyne.
2. intr. To rule; to prevail.
1470–85Malory Arthur v. i, That noble empyre whiche domyneth vpon the vnyuersal world. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 37/2 He shold domyne over them. 1509Hawes Joyf. Medit. xvi, Our souerayne whiche doth nowe domyne. 1614P. Forbes Def. Minist. Ref. Ch. 61 (Jam.) Hee may expell the Pope from Rome, and domine there.
3. intr. To predominate, prevail in importance.
1474Caxton Chesse 6 His vertues domyne aboue his vyces. |