Its shortened form Dom remains used as a prefix of honor for ecclesiastics of the Catholic Church, and especially for members of the Benedictine and other religious orders.
[3] Further, the Romanian word for God, Dumnezeu, derives from this title through the Latin phrase "Domine Deus.
[8] Domitian encouraged its use,[9] but none of the emperors used the term in any semi-official capacity until the reign of Aurelian in AD 274, where coins were issued bearing the inscription deus et dominus natus.
[3] The feminine form Domina was a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right in old English Law.
respectively, for those who have achieved a BA,[17] and its derived term Don continues to see use in reference to professors, lecturers, and fellows at Oxford and Cambridge.