Dom

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Dom means any of the following:

A title of respect – derived from Latin "Dominus" – for certain Benedictine monks, for example those 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 Perignon, analogous to the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Don or Dom.
A German (in full Domkirche) and Dutch word for cathedral, as in Kölner Dom or Berliner Dom, from Latin domus 'house/home', and refers to a church as House of God; Italian Duomo; the closest relevant English cognate is the homonphone Dome 'cupola' in (often religious) architecture from the Greek doma 'house top'.
- In Dutch it's also the (non-cognate) word for dumb (only as 'stupid', mute is Stom)
The Dom mountain in the Swiss Alps.
The Dom ethnic group.
The Dominant partner in a BDSM relationship.
One of the characters in the webcomic Megatokyo.
In the Universal Century canon of Mobile Suit Gundam, the Principality of Zeon's mass-production mobile suit MS-09 Dom and MS-09R Rick Dom.

As an abbreviation:

a shortening of first names (male and some female or unisex) derived from Dominicus, such as Dominic, Domingo, Dominique.
In Hong Kong English, it means condom
The Domination gametype in Unreal Tournament.

As an acronym, DOM may refer to:

In programming, Document Object Model (DOM) is way to store XML as objects.
In Latin, Deo Optimo Maximo 'to the Greatest and Best God', originally Jove, later the Christian God.
Doctor of Oriental Medicine
In psychedelic chemistry, 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine, also known as STP.
Département d'outre-mer, a French overseas département
In preventive maintenance, Date of Manufacture, usually figured in months.
In the world wide web, Document Object Model.
In computer programming, the delete-operator-message macro.
In soil chemistry, dissolved organic matter or dead organic matter.
In Internet Relay Chat (and instant messaging in general), Dirty Old Man.
Dominion of Melchizedek

As a three letter country code, dom may refer to: