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dominion
/dəˈmɪnjən/
noun 5name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
against, animal, over, suspended
VERB + DOMINION
choose, expand, give
DOMINION + NOUN
algeria, animals, recriminations, sea, slavery
PREP.
between, in
ADV.
only
Definitions
noun
1
Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
And at the end of the dayes, I Nebuchad-nezzar lift vp mine eyes vnto heauen, and mine vnderſtanding returned vnto me, and I bleſſed the moſt high, and I praiſed, and honoured him that liueth for euer, whoſe dominion is an euerlaſting dominion, and his kingdome is from generation to generation.
To choose between dominion or slavery.
2
Predominance; ascendancy.
Objects placed foremost ought […] have dominion over things which are confus'd and transient.
3
A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
the dominions of a king the dominion of the passions
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!
4
kingdom
5
An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.
For by him were all things created[…], whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.
name
1
Any of the self-governing nations of the British Commonwealth until 1949.
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And at the end of the dayes, I Nebuchad-nezzar lift vp mine eyes vnto heauen, and mine vnderſtanding returned vnto me, and I bleſſed the moſt high, and I praiſed, and honoured him that liueth for euer
Wiktionary02
To choose between dominion or slavery.
Wiktionary03
'Behold! once more I kiss thee, and by that kiss I give to thee dominion over sea and earth, over the peasant in his hovel, over the monarch in his palace halls, and cities crowned with towers, and th
Wiktionary04
Does mankind have dominion over animals and birds?
Tatoeba · #27031105
In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.
Tatoeba · #67864206
Dominion recriminations against the recalcitrant treaty population did not end with the Battleford executions in the fall of 1885.
Tatoeba · #3696910Usage Notes
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