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See also:DOMINUS (from an Indo-See also:European See also:root See also:dam-, cf. Gr. Sapav, to subdue, and Eng. " tame ")
, the Latin word for See also:master or owner
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As a See also:title of See also:sovereignty the See also:term under the See also:republic at See also:Rome had all the associations of the See also:Greek rupavvos; refused during the See also:early principate, it finally became an See also:official title of the See also:Roman emperors under See also:Diocletian
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See also:Dominus, the See also:French See also:equivalent being sieur, was the Latin title of the feudal (See also:superior and See also:mesne) lords, and also"an ecclesiastical and academical title
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The ecclesiastical title was rendered in See also:English " See also:sir," which was a See also:common prefix before the See also:Reformation for See also:parsons, as in ' Sir See also:Hugh See also:Evans" in See also:Shakespeare's Merry Wives of See also:Windsor
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The academical use was for a See also:bachelor of arts, and so is still used at See also:Cambridge and other See also:universities
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The shortened See also:form " dom " is used as a prefix of See also:honour for ecclesiastics of the Roman See also: 32) . |
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