Dominion
name, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy. countable, uncountable
"And at the end of the dayes, I Nebuchad-nezzar lift vp mine eyes vnto heauen, and mine vnderſtanding returned vnto me, and I bleſſed the moſt high, and I praiſed, and honoured him that liueth for euer, whoſe dominion is an euerlaſting dominion, and his kingdome is from generation to generation."
- 2 one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth wordnet
- 3 Predominance; ascendancy. countable, uncountable
"Objects placed foremost ought […] have dominion over things which are confus'd and transient."
- 4 a region marked off for administrative or other purposes wordnet
- 5 A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory. countable, figuratively, sometimes, uncountable
"the dominions of a king the dominion of the passions"
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- 6 dominance or power through legal authority wordnet
- 7 kingdom countable, uncountable
- 8 An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones. countable, uncountable
"For by him were all things created[…], whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him."
- 1 Any of the self-governing nations of the British Commonwealth until 1949. historical
Example
More examples"Does mankind have dominion over animals and birds?"
Etymology
From Middle English dominion, from Middle French dominion, from Latin dominium (“lordship, right of ownership”), from dominus (“lord”), from domus (“house”). See demain, demesne, domain, dominium.
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