dominion

See also: Dominion

English

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Etymology

From Middle English dominion, from Middle French dominion, from Medieval Latin dominio, equiv. to Latin dominium ‎(“lordship, right of ownership”), from dominus ‎(“lord”), from domus ‎(“house”). See domain, demain, demesne.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪnjən

Noun

dominion ‎(plural dominions)

1. Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
   • Bible, Daniel iv. 34

     I praised and honoured him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion.

   • Jowett

     To choose between dominion or slavery.

2. predominance; ascendancy
   • Dryden

     Objects placed foremost ought […] have dominion over things confused and transient.

3. (sometimes figuratively) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.

   the dominions of a king

   the dominion of the passions

4. (historical) One of the dependencies of the British Empire given self-government and eventually independence, such as Canada, Newfoundland, or the Irish Free State.
5. (Biblical tradition) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above angels and below thrones.
   • Bible, Colossians 1:16

     By him were all things created […] whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers.

Related terms

• dominate
• domination
• dominator
• domineering
• domino

Translations

power or the use of power; sovereignty over something

• Bulgarian: суверенна власт ‎(suverenna vlast)
• Finnish: valta (fi), herruus (fi)

• French: domination (fr) f
• German: Herrschaft (de) f, Herrschaftsgebiet (de) n, Eigentumsrecht n, Machtgebiet n, Dominion n
• Hausa: mulki
• Macedonian: надмоќ f ‎(nádmoḱ), превласт f ‎(prévlast)
• Romanian: dominație (ro) f

a kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence

• Bulgarian: доминион (bg) m ‎(dominion)
• Finnish: maa-alue (fi)
• Khmer: វិជិតរដ្ឋ ‎(vi jit roth), វិជិតរាជ្យ ‎(vi jit reach)

• Macedonian: доминион m ‎(dominión), кралство n ‎(králstvo), царство n ‎(cárstvo)
• Manx: ard-rheam
• Maori: tominiana
• Polish: królestwo (pl) n
• Spanish: dominio (es) m

External links

• dominion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• dominion in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Finnish

Noun

dominion

1. Genitive singular form of dominio.