Domicile Dom"i·cile transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Domiciled ;
present participle & verbal noun Domiciling .] [ Confer French
domicilier . Confer
Domiciliate .]
To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy; to domiciliate. Kent.
Domiciliar Dom`i·cil"i·ar noun A member of a household; a domestic.
Domiciliary Dom`i·cil"i·a·ry adjective [ Late Latin
domiciliarius .]
Of or pertaining to a domicile, or the residence of a person or family. The personal and domiciliary rights of the citizen scrupulously guarded.
Motley. Domiciliary visit (Law) ,
a visit to a private dwelling, particularly for searching it, under authority.
Domiciliate Dom`i·cil"i·ate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Domiciliated ;
present participle & verbal noun Domiciliating .] [ See
Domicile .]
1. To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile. 2. To domesticate. Pownall.
Domiciliation Dom`i·cil`i·a"tion noun The act of domiciliating; permanent residence; inhabitancy. Milman.
Domiculture Dom"i·cul`ture noun [ Latin
domus house + English
culture . See 1st
Dome .]
The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc. [ R.]
R. Park.
Domify Dom"i·fy transitive verb [ Latin
domus + - fy : confer French
domifier .]
1. (Astrol.) To divide, as the heavens, into twelve houses. See House , in astrological sense. [ Obsolete]
2. To tame; to domesticate. [ Obsolete]
Johnson.
Domina Dom"i·na noun [ Latin , lady. See
Dame .]
(O. Eng. Law) Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right. Burrill.
Dominance, Dominancy Dom"i·nance, Dom"i·nan·cy noun Predominance; ascendency; authority.
Dominant Dom"i·nant adjective [ Latin
dominans ,
-antis , present participle of
dominari : confer French
dominant . See
Dominate .]
Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power. The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious, insolent, and cruel.
Macaulay. Dominant estate or
tenement (Law) ,
the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the estate over which the servitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement . Bouvier. Wharton's Law Dict. --
Dominant owner (Law) ,
one who owns lands on which there is an easement owned by another. Syn. -- Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant; ascendant.
Dominant Dom"i·nant noun (Mus.) The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on. Dominant chord (Mus.) ,
the chord based upon the dominant.
Dominate Dom"i·nate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Dominated ;
present participle & verbal noun Dominating .] [ Latin
dominatus , past participle of
dominari to dominate, from
dominus master, lord. See
Dame , and confer
Domineer .]
To predominate over; to rule; to govern. "A city
dominated by the ax."
Dickens. We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated .
W. Tooke.
Dominate Dom"i·nate intransitive verb To be dominant. Hallam.
Domination Dom`i·na"tion noun [ French
domination , Latin
dominatio .]
1. The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway. In such a people, the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom.
Burke. 2. A ruling party; a party in power. [ R.]
Burke. 3. plural A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen. Thrones, dominations , princedoms, virtues, powers.
Milton.
Dominative Dom"i·na·tive adjective [ Confer French
dominatif .]
Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys.
Dominator Dom"i·na`tor noun [ Latin ]
A ruler or ruling power. "Sole
dominator of Navarre."
Shak. Jupiter and Mars are dominators for this northwest part of the world.
Camden.
Domine Dom"i·ne noun [ See
Dominie .]
1. A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman. 2. [ From Spanish
domine a schoolmaster.]
(Zoology) A West Indian fish ( Epinula magistralis ), of the family Trichiuridæ . It is a long-bodied, voracious fish.
Domine Dom"i·ne noun A clergyman.
Domineer Dom`i·neer" intransitive verb & t. [
imperfect & past participle Domineered ;
present participle & verbal noun Domineering .] [ French
dominer , Latin
dominari : confer OD.
domineren to feast luxuriously. See
Dominate ,
transitive verb ]
To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over ; as, to domineer over dependents. Go to the feast, revel and domineer .
Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam,
And hers to domineer at home.
Prior.
Domineering Dom`i·neer"ing adjective Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate.
Blackw. Mag. Syn. -- Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See
Imperious . --
Dom`i*neer"ing*ly ,
adverb
Dominical Do·min"ic·al adjective [ Late Latin
dominicalis , for Latin
dominicus belonging to a master or lord (
dominica dies the Lord's day), from
dominus master or lord: confer French
dominical . See
Dame .]
1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday. 2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer. Howell. Some words altered in the dominical Gospels.
Fuller. Dominical altar (Eccl.) ,
the high altar. --
Dominical letter ,
the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day ( dies Domini ). The first seven letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the same letter standing for Sunday during a whole year (except in leap year, when the letter is changed at the end of February). After twenty-eight years the same letters return in the same order. The dominical letters go backwards one day every common year, and two every leap year; e. g. , if the dominical letter of a common year be G, F will be the dominical letter for the next year. Called also Sunday letter . Confer Solar cycle , under Cycle , noun
Dominical Do·min"ic·al noun The Lord's day or Sunday; also, the Lord's prayer. [ Obsolete]
Dominican Do·min"i·can adjective [ New Latin
Dominicanus , from
Dominicus ,
Dominic , the founder: confer French
Dominicain .]
Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religious communities named from him. Dominican nuns ,
an order of nuns founded by St. Dominic, and chiefly employed in teaching. --
Dominican tertiaries (the third order of St. Dominic).
See Tertiary .
Dominican Do·min"i·can noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars , friars preachers , black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary , and in France, Jacobins .
Dominicide Do·min"i·cide noun [ Latin
dominus master +
caedere to cut down, kill.]
1. The act of killing a master. 2. One who kills his master.
Dominie Dom"i·nie noun [ Latin
dominus master. See
Don ,
Dame .]
1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [ Scot.]
This was Abel Sampson, commonly called, from occupation as a pedagogue, Dominie Sampson.
Sir W. Scott. 2. A clergyman. See Domine , 1. [ Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
Dominion Do·min"ion noun [ Late Latin
dominio , equiv. to Latin
dominium . See
Domain ,
Dungeon .]
1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy. I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion .
Dan. iv. 34. To choose between dominion or slavery.
Jowett (Thucyd. ). 2. Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency. Objects placed foremost ought . . . have dominion over things confused and transient.
Dryden. 3. That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject ; as, the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions. 4. plural A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination , 3. Milton. By him were all things created . . . whether they be thrones, or dominions , or principalities, or powers.
Col. i. 16. Syn. -- Sovereignty; control; rule; authority; jurisdiction; government; territory; district; region.
Dominion Day Do·min"ion Day In Canada, a legal holiday, July lst, being the anniversary of the proclamation of the formation of the Dominion in 1867.
Domino Dom"i·no noun ;
plural Dominos or (esp. the pieces for a game)
Dominoes . [ French
domino , or Italian
dominò , or Spanish
dominó , from Latin
dominus master. The
domino was orig. a hood worn by the canons of a cathedral. See
Don ,
Dame .]
1. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice. Kersey. 2. A mourning veil formerly worn by women. 3. A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling. 4. A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure. 5. A person wearing a domino. 6. plural A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played Hoyle. 7. One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played. Hoyle.
Domino whist Dom"i·no whist A game of cards in which the suits are played in sequence, beginning with a 5 or 9, the player who gets rid of his cards first being the winner.
Dominus Dom"i·nus noun ;
plural Domini . [ Latin , master. See
Dame .]
Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor. Cowell.
Domitable Dom"i·ta·ble adjective [ Latin
domitare to tame, from
domare .]
That can be tamed. [ R.]
Sir M. Hale.
Domite Do"mite noun (Min.) A grayish variety of trachyte; -- so called from the Puy-de- Dôme in Auvergne, France, where it is found.
Don Don (dŏn)
noun [ Spanish
don ; akin to Portuguese
dom , Italian
donno ; from Latin
dominus master. See
Dame , and confer
Domine ,
Dominie ,
Domino ,
Dan ,
Dom .]
1. Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes. Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in Spain. France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dan Lydgate.
Oliphant. 2. A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities. [ Univ. Cant] "The great
dons of wit."
Dryden.
Don Don transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Donned (dŏnd);
present participle & verbal noun Donning .] [
Do +
on ; -- opposed to
doff . See
Do ,
transitive verb , 7.]
To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with. Should I don this robe and trouble you.
Shak. At night, or in the rain,
He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.
Emerson.
Donable Do"na·ble adjective [ Latin
donabilis , from
donare to donate.]
Capable of being donated or given. [ R.]
Donary Do"na·ry noun [ Latin
donarium , from
donare .]
A thing given to a sacred use. [ R.]
Burton.
Donat Don"at noun [ From
Donatus , a famous grammarian.]
A grammar. [ Obsolete] [ Written also
donet .]
Donatary Don"a·ta·ry noun See Donatory .
Donate Do"nate (dō"nāt)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Donated ;
present participle & verbal noun Donating .] [ Latin
donatus , past participle of
donare to donate, from
donum gift, from
dare to give. See 2d
Date .]
To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.
Donation Do·na"tion noun [ Latin
donatio ; confer French
donation .]
1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.
South. 2. That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift. And some donation freely to estate
On the bless'd lovers.
Shak. 3. (Law) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift. Bouvier. Donation party ,
a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [ U.S.]
Bartlett. Syn. -- Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See
Gift .
Donatism Don"a·tism noun [ Confer French
Donatisme .]
(Eccl. Hist.) The tenets of the Donatists.
Donatist Don"a·tist noun [ Late Latin
Donatista : confer French
Donatiste .]
(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church.
Donatistic Don`a·tis"tic adjective Pertaining to Donatism.
Donative Don"a·tive noun [ Latin
donativum , from
donare : confer French
donatif . See
Donate .]
1. A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present. "The Romans were entertained with shows and
donatives ."
Dryden. 2. (Eccl. Law) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice , noun , 3.
Donative Don"a·tive adjective Vested or vesting by donation; as, a donative advowson. Blackstone.
Donator Do·na"tor noun [ Latin Confer
Donor .]
(Law) One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver.
Donatory Don"a·to·ry noun (Scots Law) A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over.
Donax Do"nax noun [ Latin , reed, also a sea fish, Greek ....]
(Botany) A canelike grass of southern Europe ( Arundo Donax ), used for fishing rods, etc.
Doncella Don·cel"la noun [ Spanish , lit., a maid. Confer
Damsel .]
(Zoology) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies ( Platyglossus radiatus ). The name is applied also to the ladyfish ( Harpe rufa ) of the same region.
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