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dominion

noun
/dəˈmɪnjən//doʊˈmɪnjən/

Etymology

From Middle English dominion, from Middle French dominion, from Latin dominium (“lordship, right of ownership”), from dominus (“lord”), from domus (“house”). See demain, demesne, domain, dominium.

  1. derived from dominium
  2. derived from dominion
  3. inherited from dominion

Definitions

  1. Power or the use of power

    Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.

    • To choose between dominion or slavery.
    • 'Behold! once more I kiss thee, and by that kiss I give to thee dominion over sea and earth, over the peasant in his hovel, over the monarch in his palace halls, and cities crowned with towers, and those who breathe therein.'

  2. Predominance

    Predominance; ascendancy.

    • Objects placed foremost ought […] have dominion over things which are confus'd and transient.

  3. A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence

    A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.

    • the dominions of a king  the dominion of the passions
    • Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion!
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. kingdom

    2. An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.

      • For by him were all things created[…], whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.

    3. Any of the self-governing nations of the British Commonwealth until 1949.

The neighborhood

Derived

Colony and Dominion of Virginia, dominionism, dominionist, dominionistic, dominionless, Dominion of New Zealand, dominion theology, interdominion, predominion

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dominion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01dominion02power03control04accuracy05rule06empire07conquering08conquest09mastery

A definitional loop anchored at dominion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at dominion

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA