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Excerpt from The Riot at the Great Gate of Trinity College: February 1610-11
The title Sir, which I have always expanded, is the translation Of the Latin word Dominus, which was applied to a Bachelor, just as Master Magister) was applied to the next higher degree; and, as William Cole, the antiquary, points out in a letter written to the editor Of The Gentleman's Magazine, 4 April, 17811, the Christian name is never used in the University with the addition of Sir, but the Surname Yet, when Bachelors of Arts get into the country, it is quite the reverse; for then, whether curates, chaplains, vicars, or rectors, they are constantly stiled Sir or Dominus, prefixed to both their names, to distinguish them from Masters of Arts, or Magister.
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