masterdom

English

Etymology

From master +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːstədəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmæstɚdəm/

Noun

masterdom (uncountable)

1. (now rare) Dominion; rule, supremacy. [from 15th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     With cruell chaufe their courages they whet, / The maysterdome of each by force to gaine […].

References

• “masterdom”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• dormmates