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Dom is a title of respect – derived from Latin "Dominus" – for certain Benedictine and Carthusian monks and certain communities of Canons Regular. For example Benedictine monks of the English Benedictine Congregation (e.g. Dom John Chapman, late Abbot of Downside), the female equivalent being "Dame" (e.g. Dame Laurentia McLachlan, late Abbess of Stanbrook; Dame Felicitas Corrigan, author). It is also used in French, as in Dom Pérignon and with a special use for the popes of Avignon, analogous to the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Don or Dom. In Portugal and Brazil it is used as a title of respect, particularly among men of the royal family or the Church.^[1]

References

1. ^ Angus Stevenson, ed (2007). Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Volume 1, A – M (Sixth edition ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 737. ISBN 9780199206872.