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Dominion Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Dominion?
[n] a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state
[n] dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dominion: province | rule | territorial dominion | territory Related Terms | Find terms related to Dominion: acme | administration | ally | ambit | antecedence | antecedency | anteposition | anteriority | archduchy | archdukedom | area | arena | ascendance | ascendancy | ascendant | authority | authorization | bailiwick | balance of power | be-all and end-all | beat | blue ribbon | body politic | border | borderland | buffer state | captive nation | champaign | championship | chieftaincy | chieftainry | circle | circuit | city-state | claws | clutches | colony | command | commonweal | commonwealth | control | country | county | demesne | department | directorship | disposition | domain | dominance | dominancy | domination | dominium | duchy | dukedom | earldom | effectiveness | eminent domain | empery | empire | field | first place | first prize | free city | front position | governance | government | grand duchy | grasp | grip | gripe | hand | hands | headship | hegemony | height | helm | hemisphere | highest | hold | imperium | influence | iron hand | judicial circuit | jurisdiction | kingdom | kingship | land | land tenure | landholding | landownership | landowning | leadership | lordship | management | mandant | mandate | mandated territory | mandatee | mandatory | march | masterdom | mastership | mastery | maximum | most | nation | nationality | ne plus ultra | new high | orb | orbit | overlordship | ownership | pale | palms | paramountcy | polis | polity | possession | possessorship | power | precedence | precedency | preceding | precession | precinct | precursor | predominance | predominancy | predomination | preeminence | preference | prefixation | prelude | preponderance | prepotence | prepotency | presidency | primacy | principality | principate | priority | property | proprietary | proprietorship | protectorate | prothesis | province | puppet government | puppet regime | raj | realm | record | region | regnancy | reign | reins of government | republic | round | rule | satellite | say | seigniory | seneschalty | settlement | sovereign nation | sovereignty | sphere | state | sultanate | superiority | superpower | supremacy | suzerainship | suzerainty | sway | talons | terrain | territory | the lead | top priority | top spot | toparchia | toparchy | upper hand | urgency | walk | whip hand | zenith See Also | American Virgin Islands | ascendance | ascendancy | ascendence | ascendency | British Virgin Islands | control | dominance | Faeroe Islands | Faeroes | Faroe Islands | Faroes | French Oceania | French Polynesia | Gilbert and Ellice Islands | Macao | Macau | mandate | mandatory | Palestine | paramountcy | possession | raj | reign | sovereignty | suzerainty | trust territory | trusteeship | United States Virgin Islands | VI Dominion In Webster's Dictionary \Do*min"ion\, n. [LL. dominio, equiv. to L. dominium.
See {Domain}, {Dungeon}.]
1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and
controlling; independent right of possession, use, and
control; sovereignty; supremacy.
I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose
dominion is an everlasting dominion. --Dan. iv. 34.
To choose between dominion or slavery. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
2. Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.
Objects placed foremost ought . . . have dominion
over things confused and transient. --Dryden.
3. That which is governed; territory over which authority is
exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as
subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used
figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions.
4. pl. A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See
{Domination}, 3. --Milton.
By him were all things created . . . whether they be
thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers.
--Col. i. 16.
Syn: Sovereignty; control; rule; authority; jurisdiction;
government; territory; district; region.
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