Dom (?), n. [Pg. See Don.]
1. A title
anciently given to the pope, and later to
other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.
2. In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the
higher classes.
-dom (&?;). A suffix denoting: (a) Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as in kingdom earldom. (b)
State, condition, or quality of being, as in wisdom, freedom. It is from the same root as
doom meaning authority and judgment. &?;. See
Doom.
Hear it pronounced