Dom

Pronunciation: /doːm/

“Dom” is a German word. Its meaning in English:

noun

cathedral (church serving as seat of a bishop, by extension, any large church)

Etymology

15th-century alteration (see below) of older Thum, from Middle High German and Old High German tuom, from Proto-West Germanic *dōm (whence Old Dutch duom, Middle Low German dôm), from Medieval Latin domus (literally “house”). The use probably goes back to domus episcopatus/episcopalis (“house of the bishopric”). An alternative theory derives it from domus ecclesiae (“church house”), after Ancient…

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Dolomit
Dolomiten
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dolos
Domain
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domanial
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