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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Label Occurrences
Dom canonical 6

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title ⓘ
style of address ⓘ
correspondsTo Italian honorific "Don" ⓘ
Spanish honorific "Don" ⓘ
countryOfUse Portugal ⓘ
culturalContext Lusophone countries ⓘ
domain forms of address ⓘ
etymologyDerivedFrom Latin "dominus" ⓘ
genderAssociation masculine ⓘ
historicalAssociation 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 ⓘ
Portuguese Catholic Church ⓘ
Portuguese monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Portugal

Portuguese nobility system ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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