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

"The clothes you make for your marionettes are not bad," said the dominie.

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Walter Smith has told in a poem mentioned elsewhere of the brilliant scholar who forgot his dominie; some, alas! forget their mother.

From An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)