Dominion
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dominion \Do*min"ion\, n. [LL. dominio, equiv. to L. dominium.
See {Domain}, {Dungeon}.]
1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and
controlling; independent right of possession, use, and
control; sovereignty; supremacy.
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I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose
dominion is an everlasting dominion. --Dan. iv. 34.
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To choose between dominion or slavery. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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2. Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.
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Objects placed foremost ought . . . have dominion
over things confused and transient. --Dryden.
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3. That which is governed; territory over which authority is
exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as
subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used
figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions.
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4. pl. A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See
{Domination}, 3. --Milton.
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By him were all things created . . . whether they be
thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers.
--Col. i. 16.
Syn: Sovereignty; control; rule; authority; jurisdiction;
government; territory; district; region.
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from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Dominion, TX (CDP, FIPS 20844)
Location: 29.65657 N, 98.61622 W
Population (1990): 1196 (509 housing units)
Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
189 Moby Thesaurus words for "dominion":
acme, administration, ally, ambit, antecedence, antecedency,
anteposition, anteriority, archduchy, archdukedom, area, arena,
ascendance, ascendancy, ascendant, authority, authorization,
bailiwick, balance of power, be-all and end-all, beat, blue ribbon,
body politic, border, borderland, buffer state, captive nation,
champaign, championship, chieftaincy, chieftainry, circle, circuit,
city-state, claws, clutches, colony, command, commonweal,
commonwealth, control, country, county, demesne, department,
directorship, disposition, domain, dominance, dominancy,
domination, dominium, duchy, dukedom, earldom, effectiveness,
eminent domain, empery, empire, field, first place, first prize,
free city, front position, governance, government, grand duchy,
grasp, grip, gripe, hand, hands, headship, hegemony, height, helm,
hemisphere, highest, hold, imperium, influence, iron hand,
judicial circuit, jurisdiction, kingdom, kingship, land,
land tenure, landholding, landownership, landowning, leadership,
lordship, management, mandant, mandate, mandated territory,
mandatee, mandatory, march, masterdom, mastership, mastery,
maximum, most, nation, nationality, ne plus ultra, new high, orb,
orbit, overlordship, ownership, pale, palms, paramountcy, polis,
polity, possession, possessorship, power, precedence, precedency,
preceding, precession, precinct, precursor, predominance,
predominancy, predomination, preeminence, preference, prefixation,
prelude, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, presidency,
primacy, principality, principate, priority, property, proprietary,
proprietorship, protectorate, prothesis, province,
puppet government, puppet regime, raj, realm, record, region,
regnancy, reign, reins of government, republic, round, rule,
satellite, say, seigniory, seneschalty, settlement,
sovereign nation, sovereignty, sphere, state, sultanate,
superiority, superpower, supremacy, suzerainship, suzerainty, sway,
talons, terrain, territory, the lead, top priority, top spot,
toparchia, toparchy, upper hand, urgency, walk, whip hand,
zenith
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