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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dominie \Dom"i*nie\, noun [L. dominus master. See {Don}, {Dame}.]
1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Scot.]
This was Abel Sampson, commonly called, from occupation as a pedagogue, Dominie Sampson. --Sir W. Scott.
2. A clergyman. See {Domine},
1. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dominie
noun: a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson [syn: {dominus}, {domine}, {dominee}]
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