dominion

[ duh-min-yuhn ]
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noun
  1. the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.

  2. rule; control; domination.

  1. a territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway.

  2. lands or domains subject to sovereignty or control.

  3. 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.

  4. dominions, Theology. domination (def. 3).

Origin of dominion

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin dominiōn- (unrecorded), stem of dominiō (unrecorded) “lordship,” from Latin domin(ium) dominium + -iō -ion

Other words from dominion

  • in·ter·do·min·ion, adjective
  • self-do·min·ion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for dominion

dominion

/ (dəˈmɪnjən) /


noun
  1. rule; authority

  2. the land governed by one ruler or government

  1. sphere of influence; area of control

  2. a name formerly applied to self-governing divisions of the British Empire

  3. theDominion New Zealand

  4. law a less common word for dominium

Origin of dominion

1
C15: from Old French, from Latin dominium ownership, from dominus master

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