Dom

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Dom is a Portuguese honorific title traditionally used for nobility, royalty, and certain high-ranking religious figures.

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Dom canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title
style of address
correspondsTo Italian honorific "Don"
Spanish honorific "Don"
countryOfUse Portugal
culturalContext Community of Portuguese Language Countries
surface form: Lusophone countries
domain forms of address
etymologyDerivedFrom Latin "dominus"
genderAssociation masculine
historicalAssociation Catholic religious orders
surface form: Catholic monastic orders

Portuguese feudal aristocracy
languageOfOrigin Portuguese
meaning lord
sir
orthography capitalized form "Dom"
positionRelativeToName pre-nominal title
semanticField honor and status
titleType hereditary style (for nobility and royalty)
personal style (for religious figures)
usedAs marker of religious dignity
marker of social rank
usedBefore full name
given name
usedFor Catholic clergy
abbots
bishops
high-ranking religious figures
monks
nobility
royalty
usedIn Angola
Brazil
Mozambique
Catholic Church in Portugal
surface form: Portuguese Catholic Church

Kingdom of Portugal
surface form: Portuguese monarchy

Portuguese nobility system

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