dominion

UK /dəˈmɪnjən/ US /dəˈmɪnjən/
noun 5name 1

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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