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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.
(2): ( n.) In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a title of respect given to the Benedictines and canons, being the abbreviation of dominus, which was the Latin for the mediaeval ser (sieur), and sir of the Reformation, and was applied to non-graduate priests. The A.B. of Cambridge is now designated "dominus," but the A.M., as at Oxford, is "dominus magister," and the D.D. "dominus doctor."
