predomination

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Etymology

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Compare French prédomination.

Noun

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predomination (countable and uncountable, plural predominations)

  1. The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance.
    • 1613, William Browne, “The First Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. The First Booke, London: [] Iohn Haviland, published 1625, →OCLC, page 20:
      Quoth th'other, haue thy ſtarres maligne been ſuch, / That their predominations ſvvay ſo much / Ouer the reſt, that vvith a milde aſpect / The Liues and loues of Shepherds doe affect?

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