dominie

Example Sentences

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In 1966, she took over from Vanessa Redgrave as Muriel Spark's mind-bending dominie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at Wyndham's theatre.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2011

Then one day the dominie came calling to ask why Harry had not been in school for quite a while.

From Time Magazine Archive

But in his own home, he was a dominie indeed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its gist: A dispirited dominie is cheered on Christmas Eve by remembering that at the Last Supper, Christ offered the wine to Judas Iscariot.

From Time Magazine Archive

All this is said with such terrible energy, and such a menacing frown, that even the lawyer cowers a little, and the dominie is almost frightened.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert