dominions

/ (dəˈmɪnjənz) /

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pl n

(often capital) another term for dominations

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How to use dominions in a sentence

The three Dominions together engaged some 40% of the German army.
Shock Army of the British Empire|David Frum|April 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Yet when British troops left their African, Middle Eastern, and Asian dominions, they left behind many embryonic democracies, too.
What Iraq Costs Us|Peter Beinart|March 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But after the defeat at Leipzig King Joachim asked and obtained leave to return to his own dominions.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
On all our journeys to and from the Dominions, and in all our expeditions by sea or by land, my wife accompanied me.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

The mineral resources of the Dominions, like the agricultural, provided us with a big subject.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
In forests and fish the Dominions abound, and possess enormous possibilities of extended trade.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The extensive dominions of Portugal in the east had fallen off one by one, as pearls from a broken thread.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham

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