dominion

[Do*minĀ·ion]

One of the self governing nations in the British Commonwealth

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Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.

Noun
one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth

Noun
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

Noun
dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"


n.
Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.

n.
Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.

n.
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.

n.
A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3.


Dominion

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.
To choose between dominion or slavery.
2. Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.
Objects placed foremost ought . . . have dominion over things confused and transient.
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.
Syn. -- Sovereignty; control; rule; authority; jurisdiction; government; territory; district; region.

Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.

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Usage Examples

Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.

I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.

To-day it appears as though it may well be altogether abolished in the future as it has to some extent been mitigated in the past by the unceasing, and as it now appears, unlimited ascent of man to knowledge, and through knowledge to physical power and dominion over Nature.

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Other Usage Examples

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society.

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

Your real self - the 'I am I' - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm.

To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means.

The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by the rest of the world.

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