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[From Lat. dominus, lord.] A title given in Portugal and Brazil to the Sovereign, the roy a. family and to grandees, or persons of noble birth or quality. Dom'ablene , n . Susceptible of being tamed. Domain', n. [Fr. domaine ; Lat, dominium. See DE MESNE.] Dominion; empire; sway. "Ocean trembles for his green domain ." Thomson. -Territory governed, or under the rule of a sovereign or commonwealth. - Po e ions; estate; the land about the mansion-house of a lord, or large proprietor of the soil, and in his immediate occupancy; as, broad domaENS . Do'mal, a . [From Lat. dom us , house.] ( Astrol . ) Pertaining, or having reference, to a house, in casting nativities. Doma'nial, a. Relating or pertaining to domains, or landed estates. Domat, ( do'mah ,) JEAN, a French jurist, B. at Clermont, in Auvergne, held for nearly 30 years the office of advo cate of the king in the court of Clermont. He was the The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia 1 The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia Intimate friend of Pascal, and the a ociate of the other eminent Port-Royalists. He made the Jesuits his enemies by his opposition to their efforts to get po e ion of the College of Clermont. In 1681 he settled at Paris, and applied himself to the completion of his great work, Les Lois Civiles dans leur Ordre Naturel . It appeared in 1689, has been several times republished, and was translated into English by Strahan in 1726. Domat also wrote a work entitled Legum Delectus, which appeared after his death. B. 1625; D. 1695. Dombeya'ceæ, n . pl . ( Bot .) A name of the order BYTTNERIACER, q. v. Dome, n. Fr. dôme ; Lat. dom us , a house; It. duomo, a house, but applied to cathedrals and churches, as the house of God.] A building; a fabric; an edifice; - used chiefly in a poetical sense. "Domestic happine , thou only bli Of Paradise that has survived the fall."-Cowper. -Pertaining to a nation considered as a family, or to one's own country; not foreign; intestine; as, " domestic di ensions. - King Charles I. -Made or designed in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures. - Fond of home; much at home; attached to home-life, duties, and pleasures; as, a domestic wife. "View her at home in her domestic light."-Granville. -Belonging to a house or household; living in or near human habitations; - hence, tame, not wild; as, domestic fowls. "The faithful husband is a tractable and domestic animal." Add is on. "Though lightning strike the dome again." - Prior. (Arch.) Any covering placed over a building, and taking the form of a hemisphere or spherical vault, whether round or polygonal at the base. A distinction should properly be made between the terms dome and cupola, -the former applying to the exterior, or convexity of the covering, and the latter to its interior surface, or Domestically, adv . Having reference to family af -n. A house-servant; one who lives in the house or family of another, as an a istant for hire; a servant or hired laborer residing with a family; as, an old, faithful domestic. concavity; but they are generally used as synonymous expre ions. Itu building a D. of masonry, its thickne should be the greatest at the base, which is the weakest part, and gradually diminish towards its crown or centre. The lower courses of masonry should also be strengthened by hooping or framing, particularly if the diameter of the base be considerable. The principles on which the equilibrium of a dome is maintained are similar to those on which the equilibrium of arches depends. They are put together on centrings of elaborate construction; but these serve rather as a scaffold for the workman than as a support for the materials of which the D. is made, until the crown is inserted. The use of the D. was not resorted to by the Egyptians, A yrians, and Greeks; but the Romans, who were the first to use the arch to any great extent, also erected circular vaulted roofs or D. over many of the temples of their heathen gods, among which may be named those of Bacchus, Apollo, Minerva, and Diana, and the magnificent Pantheon at Rome. They also covered the chambers of some of their splendid baths with roofs built in this form, as in the baths of Car a call a, and Diocle tian. In Byzantine architecture, the D. was a peculiar fea ture in all cathedrals and churches built Fig . 846. -THE PANTHEON. (Paris.) after that style, and among these the D. of St. Sophia, at Constantinople, may be especially noticed. (See BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE.) The majority of the Italian churches built during the Middle Ages are also surmounted by D. The great D. of St. Peter's at Rome was designed and partly built under the superintendence of Michael-Angelo. Among the most remarkable D. of more modern construction may be mentioned those of the In vali des and the Pantheon (fig. 846) at Paris, that of St. Paul's at London, and that of the Capitol at Washington.-See EQUILI BRIUM OF ARCHES. ( Mach .) In locomotive-engines, the conical part of the boiler, forming a steam-chamber, and terminating the top of the fire-box part. In a locomotive-engine the safety-valves are usually placed on the top of the D. or the body of the boiler. Dome'-book, n. ( Eng . Hist .) A book composed under the direction of Alfred the Great, for the general use of the whole kingdom, containing the customs of the several provinces. This book is said to have been extant as late as the reign of Edward IV., but is now lost. Dome-cover, n. ( Mach .) In locomotive-engines, the bra or copper cover which encloses the dome, to prevent the radiation of heat. Domed, (dömd,) a. Furnished with a dome; as, a domed temple. -pl. (Com.) Cotton goods of home manufacture; as, gray domestics . fairs; privately. Domesticate, v . a. [L. Lat. domestic or , domestic at us .] To make or render domestic; to cause to retire from public notice; to accustom to remain much at home; as, a domesticated husband.- To make one's self familiar; to feel at ease, and as if at home; as, no sensible man will domesticate with his mother-in-law. -To tame; to accustom to human a ociations; as, to domesticate a young bear. Domestic a'tion, n . [L. Lat. domesticatio.] Act of domesticating, or withdrawing from public notice, and living much at home; act of taming or reclaiming wild animals. Domesticator, n. One who domesticates, or lives in privacy. Domesticity, (do-mes-tis'e-te,) n. [Lat. domestic it as.] State of being domesticated; home-life. Dom'ett, n. A mixed cotton and woollen cloth. Do'meykite, n. ( Min . ) An arsenuret of copper, found in Peru, and in Mia chi picot on, an island of Lake Superior. Sp . gr. 7 to 7:50. Dom'ical, a. Resembling, or pertaining to, a dome. Domicile, (dom'e-sil,) n. [Fr., from Lat. domic ilium , from dom us , a house.] A habitation; a dwelling; an abode; a mansion; a place of permanent residence; the place where a person has his home, or where he has his family residence. ( Law . ) In a strict and legal sense, the D. , legal residence, or inhabitancy of a person is where he has his true fixed permanent home, and principal establishment, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning. D. may be either national or domestic. In deciding the question of national D. , the point to be determined will be, in which of two or more distinct nationalities a man has his D. In deciding the matter of domestic D. , the question is, in which subdivision of the nation does the person have his D. Mere taking up residence is not sufficient, unle intention to abandon former D. is accompanied by some act in furtherance of such intention. D. is of three kinds: D. by birth , D. by choice, and D. by operation of law. The first is the common case of the place of birth, domic ilium origin is ; the second is that which is voluntarily acquired by a party, proprio marte ; the last is consequential, as that of the wife who has for D. the D. of her husband. The D. of an illegitimate child is that of the mother. If a person goes into a foreign country, and engages in trade there, he is, by the law of nations, to be considered a merchant of that country, and subject to all civil proce es, whether that country be hostile or neutral. The disposition of, succe ion to, or distribution of, the personal property of a decedent, wherever situated, is to be made in accordance with the laws of his actual residence at the time of his death. Domic i liar, n. A member of a household. Domiciliary, a. Fr. domicil i a ire ; L. Lat. domic i liar i us.] Pertaining to a domicile, or to an abode, or to the residence of a person or family; as, domiciliary rights. Domiciliary Visit. ( Law .) A legal visit to a private house, for the purpose of searching it. Domicil'iate, v. a. [Fr. domic i lier .] To establish a fixed place of abode, or a residence that constitutes habitancy; to render domestic. Domiciliation, n. Fixed residence; permanent habitancy. Do men i chino, ( do -main - e - ke'no ,) a celebrated Italian painter, whose real name was DOMENICO ZAMPIERI, was B. at Bologna, 1581. He studied first under Denis Calvart, and then in the school of the Caracci. At about the age of 20 he went to Rome, where he acquired a great reputation, especially by his fresco of the Flagel lati on of St. Andrew. He spent the latter part of his Dominance, Dom'inancy, n. Predominance; Dom'i culture, n. That which pertains to domestic affairs; household economy. (R.) Dom'ina, n. [Lat.] ( O. Eng . Law . ) A lady po e ing a barony in her own right. ascendency. life at Naples. His chef-d'œuvre is the Communion of St. Jerome in the Church at Bethlehem , now placed in the Vatican, opposite "The Transfiguration" of Raphael. The Martyrdom of St. Agnes, Martyrdom of St. Sebastian , and his scenes from the life of the Virgin, are among his finest works. D. was one of the victims of the -n. ( Law .) That to which a servitude or easement is Dom'inant, a . [Lat. dom in at us, from do minor . See malignant persecuting triumvirate of painters at Na ples, where he D. 1641. Domes'day, n. See DOOMSDAY. Domes/day-book, n. (Eng. Hist.) See DOOMSDAY- BOOK. Domestic, a. [Fr. domestique , from Lat. domestic us , from dom us , a house. See DOME.] Belonging to the house or home; pertaining or having reference to one's place of residence, and to the family therein; as, domestic comfort, domestic concerns, domestic servants, domestic broils, . DOMINATE.] Having dominion, rule, or ascendency; governing: ruling; predominant; authoritative; as, a dominant faction. due, or for the benefit of which it exists. Distinguished from servient , that from which it is due. (Music.) The fifth above the tonic; the ruling or governing tone of the key. Ancient writers called the D. the quinta ton i , from its being the next in importance to the tonic. The D. chord is always a major chord, the third being the subs emit onium modi , or leading note, which always rises a semitone to the tonic. The D. seventh is the major chord with the flat seventh above the D. , and is the same in major and minor keys. The rules for the treatment of the D. seventh, and for the chord of the ninth on the D. , apply to all other chords of the seventh or ninth, which arise from the other degrees of the scale. The D. seventh is a most important chord in modulation. The resolution of th D. seventh is always into the chord of the tonic, when not interrupted. The D. as a key is the nearest in rela tion to the tonic. Modulation into the key of the D. is Bo frequent in composition, that its form may be said to be stereotyped. The subdominant, or under D. , stands next in importance to the D. , and has its place on the fourth above the tonic, or, which is the same, on the fifth below. The chord of the subdominant is major or minor, according to the mode of the key. The chords on all other degrees of the scale, being either minor or diminished, give greater importance to the major chords of the tonic, D. , and subdominant; in which chords all the notes of the scale are found, while the combination of these chords, giving the most perfect impre ion of a key, may account for their being of such importance in harmony. Domination, n. Dom'inate, v. a. [Lat. do minor , dom in at us - dominus , a lord, from domo; Gr. dam aō; Sansk. dam, to tame.1 To rule; to govern; to prevail; to predominate over. "The dominating humour makes the dream." -Pope. [Fr.; Lat. dominatio .] Rule; dominion; exercise of power in ruling, supreme authority; government; tyranny; as, "the haughtine of domina tion ." ( Burke .) - Faction; party. One highly exalted in power; - said of a supposed order of angelic beings. "Dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers!" - Milton . Dom'i native, a. Imperious; authoritative; ruling. Dom'in at or, n. The presiding or predominant power, or influence. Domineer', v . n . [Fr. dominer ; Lat. do minor.] To govern magisterially or tyrannically; to rule with insolence of power, or arbitrary sway; to bluster; to hector; to play the master; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtine ; often preceding over ; as, to domineer over an inferior. Domin'go, (San,) a seaport-town, and cap. of the Dominican republic, on the S.E. coast of the island of Hayti, at the mouth of the Ozama, which forms its harbor; Lat. 18° 28′ 40′′ N., Lon. 69° 59 37" W.; was the first permanent settlement made by Europe ans in America, having been founded in 1494 by Bartolommeo Columbus. It is handsomely built in the Spanish style, and has a cathedral which formerly contained the ashes of Columbus. Its harbor is both safe and commodious, having from 10 to 12 ft. of water, but large ships cannot cro the bar at the mouth of the Ozama, and lie outside. San Domingo has considerable commerce with the interior, but little foreign trade. The streets are broad and straight, the houses mostly of wood, and the town surrounded by a wall. The harbor is defended by forts and batteries. Pop . about 25,000. Dominica ( dom -e- ne'ka ), a British W. India island, and one of the Leeward group, about 20 m. N. of Martin i que, cro ed by Lat. 15° 30 N., Lon. 61° 20 W. Length, N. to S. 29 miles, greatest breadth, 11 miles; area about 290 sq. m. It is mountainous throughout, the Morne Diablotin being over 5,900 feet high.- Prod . Coffee, sugar, maize, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, timber, and cabinet wood. Exp . Sugar, coffee, rum, mola es, cane juice, cocoa, and copper ore. The island was discovered by Columbus, in 1593. Pop . (1895) 29,800. Domin'ical, a. [Fr.; L. Lat. dominical is , from dormin icus , from dominus , lord.] Indicating Sunday, the Lord's day or the Sabbath. Relating to, or bestowed by, the Saviour; as, "the dominical gospels." Domin'ical Letter, n. ( Calendar .) For the purpose of exhibiting the day of the week corresponding to any given day of the year, the framers of the ecclesiastical calendar denoted the seven days of the week by the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C. D, E, F, and G; and placed these letters in a column opposite to the days of the year, in such a manner that A stood opposite the 1st of January or first day of the year, B opposite the 2d, and so on to G, which stood opposite the 7th; after which A returns to the 8th, and so on through the 365 days of the year. Now, if one of the days of the week, Sunday for example, falls opposite to E, Monday will be opposite to F, Tuesday G, Wednesday A, and so on; and every Sunday through the year will be represented by the same letter, E, every Monday by F, and so on. The letter which represents Sunday is called the Dominical Letter, or Sunday Letter . As the common year consists of 52 weeks and one day over, the D. L. go backwards one day every common year. If the D. L. of a common year be G, F will be the D. L. for the next year. As a leap-year consists of 52 weeks and two days, the letters go backwards two days every leap-year. If in the beginning of a leap-year the D. L. be G, E will be the D. L. for the next year. This extraordinary retroce ion, however, is made to take place at the intercalary day (29th February) by the artifice of marking it by the same letter as the day preceding it, and thus the next Sunday is marked by the letter preceding that which marked the Sun days before the intercalary day. Suppose the 28th February in a leap-year to be a Sunday, and marked by F, it is evident that the D. L. for the rest of the year will be E. As every fourth year is a leap-year, and the letters are seven in number, it is clear that the same order of letters must return in four times seven, or 28 years, which would, but for the leap years, recur in seven years, and hence the Solar Cycle (q. v.). The D. L. were first introduced into the calendar by the early Christians, to displace the nundinal letters in the Roman calendar. They are of use as a means of discovering on what day of the week any day of the month falls in a given year. - See EASTER. IMG:content-0661.png:[graphic] there, it spread into Germany and other countries. It is much played in some of the U. States. Dom'in us, n.; pl. DOMINI. [Lat., master, lord, .] Master; sir; a title of respect formerly used when addre ing persons of high degree. (Law.) Lord; master; sole owner; proprietor. Do'mite, n. (Min.) A volcanic rock (porphyritic trachyte) forming the Puy de Dôme, in Auvergne. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia