Meaning

The head of a nunnery..

Definitions by Sense

1. The head of a nunnery.
2. A dominatrix.
3. An ancient Roman lady.

Example Sentences

Each of the nuns was heard in her turn, while the others waited with the domina in the adjoining vestry.

>Couple of articles about professional dommes, […] It's written "domina". Period. Even in English. If you can't stand Latin endings, I'll grudgingly concede the androgynous abbreviation "dom". But a pseudo-French bastard "domme" really has no right to live, not even on a terminal screen.

A specific of the fem-dom, sub-male scene is that it is the segment with the highest presence of professional activity -- professional dominae abound.

Instead, Social Text "tarts up" the issue of sex work with sexy photos of dominas and cross-dressers, replicating, in a slightly more self-conscious and progressive way, the nineteenth-century exoticization[…]

Dominas therefore stress the emotional and physical skill, as well as the dangers, involved in commercial S/M[…]

I think that there is a reason why so many dominae are pro and paid: they don't get to do what they want. Maybe you talk to your pro dommes friends again and ask what they get out of it.

A precious article is the paint with which the Roman domina was beautified; it was well worthy of the case of ivory and rock-crystal in which it was preserved.

“Can you translate this invitation? I hate to display my ignorance around your Latin students,” Mrs. Dooley, who was attired in a royal purple gown as a Roman domina, graciously complied, so if you’ve been worrying over the translation to the first paragraph, here ’tis.

Word Forms

• dominas
• dominae

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When Should You Use Domina?

Use domina when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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