dominie

Questions about dominie

What does dominie mean?

dominie means "a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson".

How many syllables are in dominie?

dominie has 3 syllables and divides as do-mi-nie under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for dominie?

Close synonyms include dominus, domine, dominee. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dominie a common word?

dominie is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.