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   do·min·ion

   /dəˈminyən/

   noun

   • 1. sovereignty or control: "man's attempt to establish dominion over nature" Similar supremacyascendancydominancedominationsuperioritypredominancepreeminenceprimacyhegemonyauthoritymasterycontrolcommanddirectionpowerswayrulegovernmentjurisdictionsovereigntysuzeraintylordshipoverlordshipleadershipinfluencethe upper handthe whip handthe edgeadvantageholdgrasparchaic:empirerare:predominationparamountcyprepotenceprepotencyprepollency
   • 2. the territory of a sovereign or government: "the Angevin dominions" Similar dependencycolonyprotectorateterritoryprovinceoutpostsatellitesatellite stateholdingpossessionhistorical:tributaryfiefarchaic:demesnerealmkingdomempiredomaincountrynationland
   • ▪ each of the self-governing territories of the British Commonwealth: historical "Great Britain, together with her Dominions and Colonies"
   • 3. another term for domination

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin dominio(n-), from Latin dominium, from dominus ‘lord, master’.

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