domina

The head of a nunnery.

Each of the nuns was heard in her turn, while the others waited with the domina in the adjoining vestry.

A dominatrix.

>Couple of articles about professional dommes, […] It's written "domina". Period. Even in English. If you can't stand Latin endings, I'll grudgingly concede the androgynous abbreviation "dom". But a pseudo-French bastard "domme" really has no right to live, not even on a terminal screen.

A specific of the fem-dom, sub-male scene is that it is the segment with the highest presence of professional activity -- professional dominae abound.

An ancient Roman lady.

A precious article is the paint with which the Roman domina was beautified; it was well worthy of the case of ivory and rock-crystal in which it was preserved.

“Can you translate this invitation? I hate to display my ignorance around your Latin students,” Mrs. Dooley, who was attired in a royal purple gown as a Roman domina, graciously complied, so if you’ve been worrying over the translation to the first paragraph, here ’tis.