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dominion

[ duh-min-yuhn ]

noun

  1. the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
  2. rule; control; domination.
  3. a territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway.
  4. lands or domains subject to sovereignty or control.
  5. Government. a territory constituting a self-governing commonwealth and being one of a number of such territories united in a community of nations, or empire: formerly applied to self-governing divisions of the British Empire, as Canada and New Zealand.
  6. dominions, Theology. domination ( def 3 ).


dominion

/ əˈɪə /

noun

  1. rule; authority
  2. the land governed by one ruler or government
  3. sphere of influence; area of control
  4. a name formerly applied to self-governing divisions of the British Empire
  5. theDominion
    New Zealand
  6. law a less common word for dominium
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • t··iDz adjective
  • -·iDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dominion1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin dzԾō- (unrecorded), stem of dzԾō (unrecorded) “lordship,” from Latin domin(ium) dominium + -ion
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dominion1

C15: from Old French, from Latin dominium ownership, from dominus master
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In another baffling tweet, the rapper claimed to have “dominion over” Censori.

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When Otis promoted California’s Southland, he wasn’t expressing the pride of a regional native — he was creating a new dominion.

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Prince Baltasar Carlos, Philip’s only son and likely heir to all the king’s dominions, had died at 16, apparently a smallpox victim.

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One home-school movement has developed a package for families to build “a 200-year plan for family dominion.”

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He also works closely with Ziklag, the secretive network of ultrawealthy conservative Christians that aims to “take dominion” over every major sphere of influence in American culture.

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