Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Control or the exercise of control; sovereignty.
- noun A territory or sphere of influence or control; a realm.
- noun A self-governing nation under the nominal rule of the British monarch.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lordship; sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; empire: as, a territory under the dominion of a foreign power.
- noun The right of uncontrolled possession, use, and disposal; power of control.
- noun A territory and people subject to a specific government or control; a domain: as, the dominions of Prussia.
- noun plural Same as
dominations . Seedomination , 3. - noun Synonyms Sovereignty, sway, control, rule, mastery, ascendancy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.
- noun Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.
- noun That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as
subject . Also used figuratively. - noun A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See
Domination , 3.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun power or the use of power;
sovereignty over something. - noun a
kingdom ,nation , or othersphere of influence . - noun historical One of the
colonies of theBritish Empire given self-government through the Statute of Westminster, such as Canada or Newfoundland. - noun Biblical tradition An order of
angel in Christianangelology , ranked aboveangels and belowthrones .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
- noun one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
- noun dominance or power through legal authority
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Princes] _shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion_.
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John Isaac Newton 1684
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So, the term dominion shouldn't be obscure at best to your students.
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So, the term dominion shouldn't be obscure at best to your students.
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In terms of taking dominion, we don't - we wouldn't want to - we use the word dominion, but we wouldn't want to say that we have dominion as if we're the owners or we're the rulers of, let's say, the arts and entertainment mountain.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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In terms of taking dominion, we don't - we wouldn't want to - we use the word dominion, but we wouldn't want to say that we have dominion as if we're the owners or we're the rulers of, let's say, the arts and entertainment mountain.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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In terms of taking dominion, we don't - we wouldn't want to - we use the word dominion, but we wouldn't want to say that we have dominion as if we're the owners or we're the rulers of, let's say, the arts and entertainment mountain.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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One of the things I love most about the politicians that run this fair dominion is how, at their discretion, they can make up their own history as they go along.
Global Voices in English » South Africa: To vuvuzela or not to vuvuzela? 2009
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His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away,
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His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away,
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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Burgundy joined to Provence — a dominion from the German Ocean to the Mediterranean!
Anne of Geierstein 2008
sonofgroucho commented on the word dominion
And death shall have no dominion.
Dead men naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion.
Under the windings of the sea
They lying long shall not die windily;
Twisting on racks when sinews give way,
Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;
Faith in their hands shall snap in two,
And the unicorn evils run them through;
Split all ends up they shan't crack;
And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion.
No more may gulls cry at their ears
Or waves break loud on the seashores;
Where blew a flower may a flower no more
Lift its head to the blows of the rain;
Though they be mad and dead as nails,
Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;
Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,
And death shall have no dominion.
-- Dylan Thomas
October 30, 2007
reesetee commented on the word dominion
Nice, SoG. Thanks for posting that.
October 30, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word dominion
Yeah, nice tag too!
October 30, 2007
bilby commented on the word dominion
Spot on, SoG. That's precisely what comes to mind every time I hear this word.
June 24, 2008
bilby commented on the word dominion
"At the height of the Roman Empire, the Romans had an estimated 37 major military bases scattered around their dominions. At the height of the British Empire, the British had 36 of them planetwide. Depending on just who you listen to and how you count, we have hundreds of bases. According to Pentagon records, in fact, there are 761 active military 'sites' abroad."
- Tom Engelhardt, 'Going on an Imperial Bender', 4 Sep 2008.
September 5, 2008
chris commented on the word dominion
From your description, this word seems to be commonly understood as interchangeable with domination, which is unfortunate, and erroneous.
Genesis Ch 1 26:" And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." (KJV)
Perhaps if we understood dominion to be different to domination, namely as incorporating wisdom, responsibility, balance, justice, lovingkindness etc., the state of our world might be far healthier!
May 30, 2009