-dom

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:11:59

-dom ().

A suffix denoting

: (a)

Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as in kingdom earldom

. (b)

State, condition, or quality of being, as in wisdom, freedom

. It is from the same root as doom meaning authority and judgment. . See Doom.

 

© Webster 1913.

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