Dominie is a Scots language and Scottish English term for a Scottish schoolmaster usually of the Church of Scotland but sometimes of other presbyterian churches in Scotland. This title was also used by the Dutch Reformed Church.
It comes from the Latin domine (vocative case of Dominus 'Lord, Master') and is equivalent to the Dutch Dominee which also refers to protestant clergy. When the Church of Scotland began to introduce universal provision of education in Scotland after it became established as a national church in 1560, its aim was to have a university educated schoolmaster in every parish. The minister sometimes served as the dominie. Over time this came to be used as a slightly contemptuous term for a minister or for a schoolmaster.
Many Scots hold the universal provision of education in high regard, which was one of a number of social improvements to arise from the Scots Reformation. It accounts for a difference in attitudes to education between Scotland and other UK countries.