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Webster 1913 Edition


Dom

Dom

(dŏm)
,
Noun.
[Pg. See
Don
.]
1.
A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and to some monastic orders. See
Don
, and
Dan
.
2.
In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dom

DOM

, used as a termination, denotes jurisdiction, or property and jurisdiction; primarily, doom, judgment; as in kingdom, earldom. Hence it is used to denote state, condition or quality, as in wisdom, freedom.