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dom

Pronunciation: /doːm/

“dom” is an Old English word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. judgment
  2. sentence
  3. law, statute
  4. jurisdiction
  5. discernment, discretion
  6. sway, majesty, power, might
  7. fame, repute

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dōm. Cognate with Old Frisian dōm, Old Saxon dōm, Old High German tuom, Old Norse dómr, Gothic 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms). The Germanic source was from a stem verb originally meaning ‘to place, to set’ (a sense-development also found in Latin statūtum, Ancient Greek θέμις (thémis)).

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