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Dom  (dm)
n.
1. also (d) Used formerly as a title for male members of Portuguese and Brazilian royalty, aristocracy, and hierarchy, preceding the given name.
2. Roman Catholic Church Used as a title before the names of Benedictine and Carthusian monks in major or minor orders.
[Portuguese, from Latin dominus, lord, master; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]


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