dominie

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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

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

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

“Hold him, catch him!” cried the dominie, and a big boy seized me by the skirt of my dress.

From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon