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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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dominion (countable and uncountable, 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
- (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
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
power or the use of power; sovereignty over something
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a kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence
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Further reading[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.
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