Dominus

The proper names are usually (though not always) taken from the Vulgate; but the word Dominus is rendered throughout Our

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Jovien, tom.ii. p. 99-102) has curiously traced the origin and progress of the word Dominus under the Imperial government.] [Footnote 74: Ammian. xxii.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765

In the Biographie Universelle there is a life of one Nicholas Donis, by Baron Walckenaer, which is a blundering alteration of the real name of a Benedictine monk called Dominus Nicholas.

Literary Blunders; A chapter in the "History of Human Error" 1893

And further they told me that one of the ships was called the Dominus vobiscum, which is a name likely to be giuen by a religious man of those dayes: and that sayling very farre Northwestward, one of the ships was cast away as it entred into a dangerous gulph, about the great opening, betweene the North parts of Newfoundland, and the countrey lately called by her Maiestie, Meta Incognita.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584

The voyage of the two ships, whereof the one was called the Dominus vobiscum, set out the 20 day of May in the 19 yere of king Henry the eight, and in the yere of our Lord God 1527. for the the discouerie of the North partes.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584

Query, Which was the "Dominus" of the king's letter?

Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various

One of the luckless slave-boys who now addressed him as "Dominus," was waiting to tell him that a very gaunt, strange-looking man, with an enormous beard, had called to see him while he was out, and would return -- so the visitor said -- in the evening, for his business was important.

A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. William Stearns Davis 1903

The next day at school, when the master called the roll and mentioned his name with the prefix "Dominus," the lad did not reply "Adsum" -- he only stood up, gazed helplessly at the teacher, and burst into tears.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Elbert Hubbard 1885

He went on to make acclaimed Cabernet-based wines at Dominus and Rudd, while founding his eponymous winery in 1996.

Wines That Favor Balance Over Power Jay McInerney 2011

By contrast, that second part is almost exclusively devoted to music for the evening service of Vespers, crowned by the sumptuous eight-part setting of Dixit Dominus with which the disc ends.

Monteverdi: Selva Morale e Spirituale – review Andrew Clements 2010