Definition of dominion Dominion

/dʌmɪˈnjʌn/ - [duminyun] - do•min•ion

We found 15 definitions of dominion from 6 different sources.

What does dominion mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: dominions
dominion - dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"
		rule
		ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not
		paramountcy the state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority
		raj British dominion over India (1757-1947)
		reign, sovereignty royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
dominion - one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
		district, territory, territorial dominion
		region a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"
		administrative district, administrative division, territorial division a district defined for administrative purposes
		border district, borderland, marchland, march district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area; "the Welsh marches between England and Wales"
		city district a district of a town or city
		congressional district a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives
		development act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development"
		enclave an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
		palatinate a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine
		residential area, residential district, community a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
		goldfield a district where gold is mined
		jurisdiction in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
		mandatory, mandate the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
		associated state, protectorate a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty
		possession anything owned or possessed
		trust territory, trusteeship a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations
		british east africa the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar
		british west africa the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast

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Wiktionary

dominion (Noun)
Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; supremacy.
dominion (Noun)
predominance; ascendancy.
dominion (Noun)
A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence ; governed territory.
dominion (Noun)
One of the colonies of the British Empire given self-government through the Statute of Westminster, such as Canada or Newfoundland.
dominion (Noun)
An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above angels and below thrones.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

dominion (n.)
Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.
dominion (n.)
Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.
dominion (n.)
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.
dominion (n.)
A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

dominion
Authority or the use of authority; jurisdiction over something.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

dominion
do-min′yun, n. lordship: highest power and authority: control: the country or persons governed, esp. the Dominion of Canada: (pl., B.) a class of angelic spirits (Col. i. 16).—n. Domin′ium, the ownership of a thing.—Dominion Day, a Canadian festival on the anniversary of the union of the provinces, 1st July 1867

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dominion, noun, singular of dominions.

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