dominion 
AU thay that dwell in that Dominion, whereof the city 
is head. Coryat, Crudities, I. 40. 
I have seen now all the King of Great-Britain's Domin- 
ions. Howell, Letters, I. vi. 38. 
Youth, Manhood, Age, that draws us to the ground, . . . 
Glide to thy dim dominions, and are bound. 
Bryant, The Past. 
4. pi. Same as dominations. See domination, 3. 
Whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principali- 
ties, or powers. CoL L 16. 
Act Of dominion, in law, an act tantamount to an exer- 
ciseof ownership. Anns of dominion, in her. See arm?, 
7 (a). Dominion day, a national holiday observed in the 
Dominion ol Canada on the first day of July, in celebra- 
tion of the proclamation of the union of the provinces 
under that name on July 1st, 1867, in accordance with the 
act of the British Parliament, passed March 29th of that 
year, called the British North American Act. Old Do- 
minion, a name popularly given to the State of Virginia. 
And what more prolific mother of nobility wag there in 
the eighteenth century than the Old Dominion ? 
Schmiler, Hist. U. S., I. 9. 
= Syn. 1. Sovereignty, sway, control, rule, mastery, ascen- 
dancy. 
dominium (do-min'i-um), n. [L., lordship, 
dominion : see dominion.] In civil law, the own- 
ership of a thing, as opposed to a mere life 
interest, to an equitable right, to a merely pos- 
sessory right, or to a right against a particular 
person. 
Dominium gives to him in whom it is vested the power 
of applying the subject to all purposes, except such as are 
inconsistent with his relative or absolute duties. Servi- 
tus gives the power of applying the subject only to exactly 
determined purposes. 
Gordon Campbell, Roman Law, p. 251. 
We cannot give a reason, other than mere chance, why 
power over a wife should have retained the name of man us. 
why power over a child should have obtained another 
name, potestas, why power over slaves and inanimate 
property should in later times be called dominium. 
Maine, Early Hist, of Institutions, p. 313. 
Dominium dlrectum. (u) The legal title to land, as 
distinguished from the right to use it. (&) The right of 
the feudal lord in land, as distinguished from that of his 
vassal, (c) The right of the landlord in land, as distin- 
guished from that of his tenant. Dominium utile, the 
right of the beneficiary, vassal, or tenant in land, as dis- 
tinguished respectively from the three meanings of do- 
minium directum. Dominium directum and dominium 
utile, whether vested in the same person or not, together 
make up the ownership of the land in its widest sense. 
domino (dom'i-no), . ; pi. dominoes or dominos 
(-noz). [= D. G. Dan. Sw. domino = F. do- 
mino = Sp. domind = Pg. It. domino, mas- 
querade dress, < ML. domino (in sense 1), < L. 
dominus, lord, master, in ML. a title common 
to ecclesiastics (see dominie) ; cf. ML. domini- 
eale, a kind of veil. The game is said to be so 
called from the black under surface or part of 
the pieces with which it is played.] 1. (a) 
An ecclesiastical garment worn over other 
vestments in cold weather, made loose, and fur- 
nished with a hood, 
(ft) By restriction, the 
hood alone. 2. A 
garment made in par- 
tial imitation of that 
described in def. 1, 
and used at masked 
balls. It is usually 
made of thin silk, 
loose, and with large 
sleeves and a hood. 
His Majesty of Denmark, 
Gold Domino, trimmed 
with silver and Italian 
Flowers. 
Court Milliner's List of 
[Kiny of Denmark's Mas- 
[querade, N. and Q., 7th 
[ser., III. 64. 
3. A person wearing 
a domino. 
The Old Carnival . . . Sir Joshua Reynolds in Domino.- 
comes back and throngs After Thackeray, 
the place with motley com- 
pany, dominoes, harlequins, pantaloni, illustrissimi and 
illustrissime, and perhaps even the Doge himself. 
Howells, Venetian Life, viii. 
4. A half-mask formerly worn over the face by 
ladies when traveling, at masquerades, etc.. as 
a partial disguise for the features. 5. One of 
the pieces with which the game of dominoes is 
played. See def. 6. 6. pi. A game regularly 
played with twenty-eight flat oblong pieces of 
ivory, bone, or wood, usually black on one side 
the back, and white on the other, the face, the 
latter being divided into two parts by a cross- 
line. The face of one domino, the double blank is un- 
marked, and that of the others is marked on one or both 
ends with pips or spots from one to six in number the 
highest piece being the double six. Dominoes, however 
.re made in different styles, and for some games a larger 
lumber of pieces and higher markings are used. All plav 
with dominoes consists in matching the pieces in a line 
by the corresponding ends so long as this can be done 
1730 
and scoring the number of spots remaining in the beaten 
hand to the account of the winner. 
The two players at dominoes glanced up from their game, 
as if to protest. Dickens, Little Dorrit, i. 11. 
dominotier (do-me-no-tia'), n. [F. dominotier, 
a maker of dominoes (in def. 1, above) j hence, 
by extension, as in def. ; < domino, domino.] A 
maker of colored or marbled paper; an en- 
graver or a colorer of woodcuts. 
The makers of such paper, as well as the engravers and 
colourers of wood-cuts, were called dominotiers. 
Chatto, Wood Engraving, p. 45. 
dominus (dom'i-nus), n, ; pi. domini (-ni). [L., 
a master, lord, owner, proprietor, ruler, in LL. 
and ML. applied especially to the Lord, in ML. 
also a title common to ecclesiastics and gentle- 
men (in this use being often abbreviated in writ- 
ing and speech to "Dom."); fern, domina, lady, 
mistress. Hence the Kom. forms dan 1 , don 2 , 
dom 2 , dame, dam 2 , dofta, donna, duena, duenna, 
damsel, dongel, madam, madame, madonna, etc. 
L. dominus = Skt. damana, in comp., conquer- 
ing, also as a proper name, < Skt. ydam, tame, 
= L. domare = E. tame.] 1. Master; sir: a 
title formerly given to a clergyman (in the Uni- 
versity of Cambridge to a bachelor of arts), 
gentleman, or lord of a manor. See dominie, 
don 2 , (ton 1 . 2. In civil law, one who possesses 
something by right. 3. In feudal law, one who 
grants part of Ms estate in fee, to be enjoyed 
by another Dominus voblscum,the versicle "The 
Lord be with you," employed in Western liturgies and of- 
fices, like the similar Pax votriscum (Peace be with you), as 
a brief prayer of the priest for the people, the people in 
turn praying for the priest in the response Et cumspiritu 
tuo (And with thy spirit). 
domitablet (dom'i-ta-bl), a. [< L. as if *domi- 
tabilis, < domitare, tame (> E. daunt), freq. of 
domare = E. tame : see tame, daunt. Cf. denia- 
ble.] Capable of being tamed. 
Those animals of the more voracious and fierce nature 
are less subject to be disciplined, tamed, and brought into 
subjection ; the other are by their very nature more dom- 
itable, domestick, and subject to be governed. 
Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind, p. 369. 
domite (do'mit), . [< D6me (Puy-de-D6me, 
a department of France) + -ite*.] A variety 
of trachyte occurring in the volcanic region of 
central France. 
domitic (do-mit'ik), a. [< domite + -ic.] Com- 
posed of or similar to domite. 
dom pedro (dom pe'dro). [Pg. Dom Pedro = 
Sp. Don Pedro, lit. Sir Peter; Pedro being a 
very common Sp. and Pg. Christian name, < L. 
Petrus, < Gr. Tlerpof, Peter.] A name given to 
the game of sancho pedro when the joker or 
dom is used as one of the trumps. 
dompynget, n. [ME., mod. as if "dumping, < 
dump, plunge : see dtimp 2 .] The dabchick. 
In mareis and in mores, in myres and in wateres 
Dompynges dyueden [dived] ; " deere god," ich sayde, 
" Wher hadden these wilde suche witt and at what scole ?" 
Piers Plowman (C), xiv. 169. 
don 1 (don), v. t. ; pret. and pp. donned, ppr. don- 
ning. [A contr. of do on, at first prob. (like 
doff, < do + off) in the impv. ; ME. don on, AS. 
don on, pret. dyde on : see do 1 . Cf. doff.] To 
put on ; invest with. 
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes. 
Shale., Hamlet, iv. 5 (song). 
Come, don thy cap, and mount thy horse. 
Scott, Marmion, v. 31. 
Odin donn'd 
His dazzling corslet and his helm of gold. 
M. Arnold, Balder Dead. 
don 2 (don), n. [< Sp. don = Pg. dom, a title 
equiv. to E. Mr., < ML. dominus: see dominus. 
The word is ult. the same as ME. dan : see dan 1 .] 
1 . [cap.] A title in Spain and Italy prefixed to a 
man's Christian name, like Sir in Great Britain, 
Formerly, in Spain, it was confined to men of high rank, 
but is now applied to all persons of the better classes, and 
is a mere title of courtesy. 
The title of Don, which had not then been degenerated 
into an appellation of mere courtesy. 
Preseott, Ferd. and Isa., xvi. 
2. A gentleman ; a man bearing the title of or 
addressed as "Don." 
One will bee sicke forsooth, and bid her maid deny her 
to this don, that earle, the other marquesse, nay to a duke. 
Rawlins, The Rebellion, L 1. 
3. Any person of high importance or leading 
position : applied ironically to one giving him- 
self airs of importance. 
The great dons of wit. Dryden. 
4. In Great Britain, a fellow of a college, or 
any college authority. [University slang.] 
I find that the reverend dons in Oxford are already 
alarmed at my appearance in public. 
Amhurst, Terra Filius, Jan. 28, 1721. 
donation 
The college authorities (in University slang-phrase the 
Dons) are designated in the most general terms as the 
Master and Fellows. 
C. A. Bristed, English University, p. 31. 
dona (do'nya), n. [Sp. : see donna, and duena, 
duenna.'} A lady: the Spanish equivalent of 
donna, especially as a conventional title of re- 
spect. 
There was the Countess of Medina Cell ; . . . 
And Dona Seraflna, and her cousins. 
Longfellow, Spanish Student, i. 1. 
donable (do'na-bl), a. [< L. donabilis, that de- 
serves to be presented or presented with, < do- 
nare, present : see donate.] Capable of being 
donated or given. Bailey, 1727. [Rare or ob- 
solete.] 
Donacia (do-na'si-a), n. [NL. (Fabricius, 1775). 
< Gr. 66va%, a reed"] A genus of chrysomelid 
beetles, typifying the subfamily Donaciinai, and 
somewhat resembling longicorns, the antennse 
being filiform and the prothorax narrow and 
not margined. They are small species, mostly of metal- 
lic colors, and covered with water-proof hairs. The larvae 
feed on the roots and stems of water-plants and algse. It 
is a wide-spread genus, of over 100 species, 25 of which in- 
habit the United States. 
Donacidae 1 (do-nas'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Do- 
nax (Donac-) + -id<e.] A family of bivalve 
mollusks, taking name from the genus Donax. 
They are closely related to the Tellinidce, and by many re- 
ferred to the same family. They differ in the form of the 
shell, which is wedge-shaped, with the front produced and 
rounded, and the posterior short and very oblique. Over 
100 species are known. 
DonacidEe'-' (do-nas'i-de), n. pi. Same as Do- 
naciida!. Lacbrdaire, 1845. 
Donaciidae (don-a-si'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Do- 
nacia + -idee."] A family of Coleoptera: same 
as Donaciince. Also written Donaciadce and Do- 
nacidce. 
Donaciinae (don-a-si-i'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Do- 
nacia + -ina.] A subfamily of Chrysomelidce, 
typified by the genus Donacia. Usually written 
Donadnce. Lacordaire, 1845. 
Donacinae ' (don-a-si'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Donax 
(Donac-) + -ince^] A subfamily of Tettinidas : 
same as the family Donacidai 1 . 
Donacinae 2 (don-a-si'ne), n. pi. Same as Dona- 
ciina!. 
donacite(do'na-slt), n. [NL., < Donax (Donac-) 
+ -ite%.] A fossil shell of the genus Donax, or 
closely resembling a species of that genus. 
Donacobius (don-a-ko'bi-ns), n. [NL. (Swain- 
son, 1831), < Gr. 36vat- (6ovaK-), a reed, + /Jiof, 
life.] A genus of South American dentirostral 
oscine passerine birds, of the group Mimina, or 
mocking-thrusbes, connecting these with the 
wrens. They have a long, notched bill, with entirely 
exposed nostrils and nasal membrane, moderate rictal 
bristles, and tail longer than the rounded wings. D. cya- 
neus and D. albovittatus are the two species. 
dona nobis (do'na no'bis). [L., give us (pacem, 
peace) : dona, 2d' pers. sing. impv. of donare, 
give; nobis, dat. pi. of ego, I (pi. nos).] 1. In 
the Roman Catholic mass, the last section, be- 
ginning "Dona nobis pacem." 2. A musical 
setting of those words, especially as a move- 
ment in a mass. 
donary (do'na-ri), n. ; pi. donaries (-riz). [< L. 
donarium, the place in a temple where votive 
offerings were got, a votive offering, < donum, 
a gift, votive offering.] A thing given to a 
sacred use. [Rare.] 
I conceal their donaries, pendants, other offerings. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 620. 
donatt, n. See donet. 
donatary (don'a-ta-ri), .; pi. donatories f-riz). 
[= F. donataire W Sp. Pg. It. donatario, < ML. 
donatarius, also donatorius, the recipient of a 
gift, < donatus, a gift, < L. donare, give: see 
donate.] Same as donatory. 
donate (do'nat), v. t.; pret. and pp. donated, 
ppr. donating. [< L. donatus, pp. of donare, 
give, present (something ace.) to (a person 
dat.), present (a person ace.) with (some- 
thing abl.), grant, give up, remit, condone 
(see condone), < donum, a gift, = Skt. dana, a 
gift, akin to Gr. ddpov, a gift, < L. dare, Gr. 61- 
86-vat = Skt. -y/ da, give : see date 1 .] To give ; 
present as a gift; contribute. [U.S.] 
More than a hundred thousand dollars have been do- 
nated ... by members of his family. E. A. Park. 
donation (do-na'shon), n. [= F. donation, OF. 
donoison, donaison, doiiaeson, doimison = Sp. do- 
nation = Pg. doacho = It. donazione, < L. dona- 
tio(n-), a giving, < donare, give : see donate.] 
1. The act of giving or bestowing; a granting. 
He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl, 
Dominion absolute; that right we hold 
By his donation. Milton, P. L, xii. 6a 
