dominion
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Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) 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
Noun
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 figurative) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
- the dominions of a king the dominion of the passions
- 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Four. The Last of the Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 137:
- Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion!
- (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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Further reading
- “dominion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “dominion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Finnish
Noun
dominion
French
Pronunciation
Noun
dominion m (plural dominions)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English dominion, from Latin dominium
Noun
dominion m (definite singular dominionen, indefinite plural dominioner or dominions, definite plural dominionene)
- a dominion
Usage notes
The use of dominions as indefinite plural may be from Danish via Riksmål.
References
- “dominion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “dominion” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English dominion, from Latin dominium
Noun
dominion m (definite singular dominionen, indefinite plural dominionar, definite plural dominionane)
- a dominion
References
- “dominion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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