dominium
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dominium
1815–25; < Latin, equivalent to domin ( us ) lord, master + -ium -ium
Example Sentences
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"The Pacific Ocean does not belong to the dominium of the U.S. or Japan," Kim said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 7, 2023
Byzantium's dominium might not contain any western European territories, but its rulers were quite clear that the continent could only have one imperator – and he was to be found in Constantinople.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2010
To negative the operation of the general law, it would be necessary to show that the dominium utile, as distinct from the sovereignty, was all that accrued by such settlements.
From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Travers Twiss
The action and reaction of the interests of navigation, however, have brought states to adopt a limitation first enunciated by Bynkershoek in the formula “terrae dominium finitur ubi finitur armorum vis.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
A feudal kingdom of Frankish seigneurs was to be planted on the soil of Palestine, instead of a dominium temporale of the patriarch like that of the pope in central Italy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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