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~ DOM~      prefix for MASTER from lat DOMINUS
            ukr         DOM = HOME HOUSE and note
            Phoenician ADON   LORD
            sp          DON   MASTER         sug>  DON DONATE
~ DOME~     prefix from lat DOMUS = HOUSE or CUPOLA CATHEDRAL
~ DOMESTIC  TO BELONG TO A HOME
~ DOMICILE  ADDRESS or TO RESIDE
~ DOMINA    in lat = LADY OF THE HOUSE or
            DOMINUS = MASTER OF THE HOUSE
            note BELLADONNA and BELLA denote  BEAUTIFUL
            sp DOMINA DOMINANTE = TO RULE or DOMINATE
 DOMINANT   RULING        sug> JUDGE  VERDICT  VERACITY
            id+ DECISION MAKER
            sug> CRUCIAL  CROSS  CRUX  CRUCIFY
~ DOMINUS   in lat GOD or THE LORD


~ MADAM   MY LADY or MISTRESS as in
~ MADAME  my DAME from
          lat MEA DOMINA = MY LEADING LADY or
                           MISTRESS or
                           MAIN LADY
  ital     MADONNA = MY LADY or   DOMINANT LADY
             DONNA   DAME
       PRIMA DONNA   in opera it implies LEADING LADY
  sp         DAMA    DAME or LADY  LADYSHIP  MATRON
  ukr  DOM           HOME or HOUSE
       DOMA          BEING HOME
  sp   DOMA          TAMING as in DOMESTICATE
  fr   MADEMOISELLE  implies YOUNGER  JUNIOR 
  sp   SEN~ORA       MADAM MRS
  ital SIGNORA       linked to
  sp   SEN~OR        or
  ital SIGNORE       SIR                 sug> SENIOR
  fr   MONSIEUR      MISTER
  art> mus> AMONG THE BEST KNOWN WORKS OF MOZART ARE
       FIGARO COSI FAN TUTTE
       DON GIOVANNI or
       BURLADOR DE SEVILLA
  sp   BURLA = JESTER or TEASER       sug> BURLESQUE

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