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▪ I. ‖ Dom1|dɒm|
[In sense 1, a. Pg. dom, a title of honour, = Sp. don:—L. domin-us master, ruler, chief, owner; see Don n.1, dam n.4, Dan1. In sense 2 an abbreviation of L. dominus.]
1. In Portugal and Brazil, a title of dignity prefixed to the Christian name, used by Royalty, Cardinals, Bishops, and gentlemen on whom it has been conferred by Royal authority.
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v., In Portugal, nobody is allowed to assume the title of Dom, which is a badge or token of nobility, without the King's leave.
2. As a shortened form of L. dominus, prefixed to the names of R.C. ecclesiastical and monastic dignitaries, esp. to Benedictine and Carthusian monks, whether priests or in minor orders.
1716Davies Athen. Brit. ii. 372 The noted French reform'd Monk Dom Gerberon. 1727–51Chambers Cycl., Dom is likewise used in France among some orders of religious as the Chartreux, Benedictines, etc. We say, the reverend father Dom Calmet, Dom Alexis, Dom Balthasar, etc. 1822Nares s.v. Dan, The Dom of the Benedictines. 1892J. W. Legg in Trans. St. Paul's Eccl. Soc. III. 74 Mr. Edmund Bishop, who, with Dom Aidan Gasquet, is editing the Consuetudinary of St. Mary's Abbey, York.
3. Dom Pedro (U.S.): a game at cards, a variation of don (Don n.1 6).
1887F. R. Stockton Borrowed Month, etc. 191 (American) Dom Pedro..a social game of cards which we generally played.
▪ II. Dom3|dəʊm|
[a. Hind. ḍōm, f. Skr. ḍōma, ḍōmba.]
A member of a menial Hindu caste. Also attrib. or as adj.
1828H. H. Wilson in Asiatick Researches XVIII. 47 Nábháji..was by birth a Dom, a caste whose employ is making baskets and various sorts of wicker work. 1869H. M. Elliot's Races N.W. Prov. I. 84 Ramgaṛh and Sahankot, on the Rohini, are also Dom forts. Ibid. 85 The Magahya Doms of Champáran are a race of professional thieves. 1872M. A. Sherring Hindu Tribes 400 The Dom is generally considered by Hindus to be the type and representative of all uncleanness. 1891H. H. Risley Tribes of Bengal: Ethnogr. Gloss. I. 243 When a man has been ejected from his own caste for living with a Dom woman. 1937H. W. Tilman Ascent of Nanda Devi i. 7 The Doms..propitiate the local gods and demons. |