DOMINION
\dəmˈɪni͡ən], \dəmˈɪniən], \d_ə_m_ˈɪ_n_iə_n]\
Definitions of DOMINION
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.
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Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.
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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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A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3.
By Oddity Software
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Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.
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Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.
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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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A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3.
By Noah Webster.
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Supreme authority or control; sovereignty; rule; a territory or country subject to the control of one government.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Lordship: highest power and authority: control: the country or persons governed:-pl. (B.) angelic and powerful spirits.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Sovereign or supreme authority;—superior prominence; predominance;—a governing power of very high rank;—the right to govern others; sovereignty; governmental rule;—that which is governed; territory; state; kingdom; principality; subjects;—the power to dispose or use what is one’s own; possessions; personal property;—pl. An order of angles.
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