medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Benedictines use "Dom" as a title these days. I think you have to
translate magister as master.
John Briggs
On 09/06/2011 10:05, Richard Copsey wrote:
>
> The title *Dominus* for priests is common in medieval documents in
> England. It is used when addressing or referring to secular or diocesan
> priests or members of the monastic order, e.g. Benedictines, etc. Priests in
> the mendicant orders are referred to as *frater.* Nowadays, *dominus* can be
> translated by either reverend (common in Anglican or non-religious circles)
> or father (in Catholic circles).
> My own personal bugbear is in translating *magister* : should it be
> translated by the modern equivalent *doctor* or is it better to leave it in
> the original Latin?
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