domina

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin domina (mistress).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈdɒmɪnə/

[edit] Noun

Singular
domina

Plural
dominas

domina (plural dominas)

  1. The head of a nunnery.
    • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 29:
      Each of the nuns was heard in her turn, while the others waited with the domina in the adjoining vestry.

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[edit] French

[edit] Verb

domina

  1. Third-person singular past historic of dominer.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

domina

  1. third-person singular present tense of dominare
  2. second-person singular imperative of dominare

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

Feminine of dominus

[edit] Noun

domina

  1. lady or mistress of the house