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dominie|ˈdɒmɪnɪ|
Also domine.
[The same word as domine, the final pronounced e being written -ie, as in vernacular words.]
1. a. A schoolmaster, pedagogue. (Now chiefly Sc.)
1612Two Noble K. i. iii, But will the dainty Domine, the Schoolemaster keep touch. 1681Otway Soldiers Fort. iii. i. Wks. 1728 I. 372 Why, who am I, good Sir Dominie Doddle-pate? 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey i. vi, He then walked to the door and admitted the barred-out Dominie. 1829Scott Guy M. Introd., Dominie Sampson..a poor, modest, humble scholar, who has won his way through the classics..But there is a far more exact prototype of the worthy Dominie. 1870Lowell Study Wind. 129 The dominie spirit has become every year more obtrusive and intolerant in Mr. C.'s writing.
b. The (male) keeper of a boarding-house or Dame's house for oppidans at Eton.
1827J. Evans Excurs. Windsor 352 The oppidans are boarded at private houses; and the title of Domine and Dame, the presiding masters and mistresses have immemorially enjoyed. 1865W. L. C. Etoniana viii. 132 Formerly these houses were..kept by ‘Dames’ or ‘Dominies’..though now the term ‘Dame’ applies to all without reference to sex.
2. In U.S., the title of a pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church (more historically spelt domine q.v.); whence in New York, New Jersey, etc., extended colloquially to ministers or parsons of other churches. (Commonly pronounced, after Dutch, ˈdəʊmɪnɪ.)
1824W. Irving T. Trav. (1849) 439 There are two family oracles, one or other of which Dutch housewives consult..the dominie and the doctor. 1839–40― Wolfert's R. (1855) 15 An elder might be seen..apparently listening to the dominie. 1887C. Hazard Mem. J.L. Diman iii. 43.
3. In full dominie apple. A variety of large apple. U.S.
1817W. Coxe Fruit Trees 115 The Domine was imported from England. 1876J. Burroughs Winter Sunshine vii. 158 If they were the dominie apples..he certainly would [hasten his sermon]. |