dominas

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