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dominations

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/ ˌdɒmɪˈneɪʃənz /

plural noun

  1. Also called: dominions. (sometimes capital) the fourth order of medieval angelology

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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These respective dominations cleared both parties’ fields from remaining “competitors,” with Minnesota Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips and Nikki Haley both dropping out the following day.

From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2024

Sicilian cuisine, like its history, is characterized by long centuries of foreign dominations, starting with Corinthian colonists who arrived from Greece in 734 B.C. and planted hazelnuts, vineyards and olive trees.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2023

After the recent ban was announced, she said, it took her four days to cajole shopkeepers into converting 12 of her 2,000-rupee notes into smaller dominations.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2023

The Presbyterian Church is the most prominent of the Christian dominations in Taiwan and was closely identified with the pro-democracy movement during the martial law era and later with the Taiwan independence cause.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2022

It had all around it open thrones painted to resemble passing clouds, and both without and within were little angels as cherubim and seraphim, powers and dominations, in bas-relief, their hands joined and always moving.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur

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