DCHP-3

dominie †

[< Scots]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a school-teacher, especially a Scot.

Quotations

1829
. . . the parents blame the dominie for want of attention, he leaves the parish, finds teaching elsewhere, and no one is found to replace him.
1883
Never did school-boy get a more stinging "lick" from an irate dominie than did Tauton from that thick jagged strap.
1964
Ex Dominie's caustic letter discussing Mr. Hamm's "orgy of overgeneralization" is somewhat deplorable. . . . I am disappointed that Ex Dominie finds it necessary to adopt a tone which criticizes a person rather than ideas.
2an.

a Presbyterian minister.

Quotations

1909
Straight from Aberdeen, the young Dominee coming into Winnipeg little dreamed that the Church of Rome had established its Mission on the Red River decades ago.
1947
Company records show that in 1808 there arrived at Fort York three young dominies. . . .
1952
"Mister MacLean is to be dominie of the Red River Parish," I put in quickly.
2bn.

any Christian minister.

Quotations

1930
"I repeat, the game of checkers has no place in a Christian home," said the dominie [the Rev. Axel Borg, Lutheran].