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dominae

dominae is the plural of domina.

Meaning of domina

Noun

domina (plural dominas or dominae)

  1. The head of a nunnery.
    • Each of the nuns was heard in her turn, while the others waited with the domina in the adjoining vestry.1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 29
  2. A dominatrix.
    • >Couple of articles about professional dommes, […]
      It's written "domina". Period. Even in English. If you can't stand Latin endings, I'll grudgingly concede the androgynous abbreviation "dom". But a pseudo-French bastard "domme" really has no right to live, not even on a terminal screen.1993 November 22, <-Inquisitor->, “Professional DOMINAE (that's how it's spelled)”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026
  3. An ancient Roman lady.
    • A precious article is the paint with which the Roman domina was beautified; it was well worthy of the case of ivory and rock-crystal in which it was preserved.1863 November 21, “Literary Extracts, &c.”, in The Hull News, number 621, Kingston upon Hull, E.R.Y., page 3, column 4

Origin of dominae

Learned borrowing from Latin dominae.

Questions about dominae

What is dominae the plural of?
Dominae is the plural of domina.

Words near dominae in the dictionary

  1. domifying
  2. Domin
  3. domina
  4. dominability
  5. dominable
  6. dominae
  7. dominance
  8. dominances
  9. dominancies
  10. dominancy
  11. dominand

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