dominion
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See also: Dominion
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
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Noun[edit]
dominion (plural dominions)
- 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.
- Bible, Daniel iv. 34
- predominance; ascendancy
- Dryden
- Objects placed foremost ought […] have dominion over things confused and transient.
- Dryden
- (sometimes figuratively) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
- the dominions of a king
- the dominion of the passions
- (historical) One of the colonies of the British Empire given self-government through the Statute of Westminster, such as Canada or Newfoundland.
- (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.
- Bible, Colossians 1:16
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Translations[edit]
power or the use of power; sovereignty over something
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a kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence
External links[edit]
- dominion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- dominion in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
dominion
- Genitive singular form of dominio.
