dominie

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In 1966, she took over from Vanessa Redgrave as Muriel Spark's mind-bending dominie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at Wyndham's theatre.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2011

Mrs. Fitch, a shrill-voiced and bony-handed woman, taught her the words of hymns, while the dominie, who had been a drummer in the Civil War, instructed her in music.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The clothes you make for your marionettes are not bad," said the dominie.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its gist: A dispirited dominie is cheered on Christmas Eve by remembering that at the Last Supper, Christ offered the wine to Judas Iscariot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Down the avenue I ran as fast as two diminutive shanks could carry me, but I had still a hundred yards to run, and capture seemed inevitable, for the dominie was gaining on me fast.

From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon