dominion
11dominion — control, command, sway, authority, jurisdiction, *power Analogous words: ascendancy, *supremacy: sovereignty (see under FREE adj) …
12dominion — [n] area of rule; authority ascendancy, authorization, bailiwick, command, commission, control, country, demesne, district, domain, dominance, domination, empire, enclave, field, government, jurisdiction, management, power, preeminence,… …
13dominion — [də min′yən, dōmin′yən] n. [ME dominioun < ML dominio < L dominus: see DOMINATE] 1. rule or power to rule; sovereign authority; sovereignty 2. a governed territory or country 3. [D ] a name formerly used for certain self governing nations… …
14Dominion — This article is about the Dominions of the British Empire and of the Commonwealth of Nations. For other uses, see Dominion (disambiguation) A dominion, often Dominion,[1] refers to one of a group of autonomous polities that were nominally under… …
15Dominion — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Dominion (homonymie). Un dominion, mot d origine anglaise, désignait jusqu en 1948 un État autonome au sein de l Empire britannique. Le Canada, l Australie, la Nouvelle Zélande, l Afrique du Sud (alors l Union d… …
16Dominion — From the latin dominus (“lord”), the term dominion means an area of rule or domination. The word was used in this sense to name the seventeenth century Dominion of New England and the “Old Dominion” of Virginia, both so named under the Stuarts …
17Dominion — Als Dominion (deutsch etwa Herrschaftsgebiet) wurden ab Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts offiziell die sich selbst verwaltenden Kolonien des Britischen Reiches bezeichnet. Der Begriff wurde erstmals im modernen Sinne im Verfassungsgesetz von 1867 des… …
18dominion — /deuh min yeuhn/, n. 1. the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority. 2. rule; control; domination. 3. a territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway. 4. lands or domains subject to… …
19Dominion — Do|mị|ni|on 〈[ njən] n. 15; Pl. a.: ni|en〉 überseeischer Teil des Brit. Reiches mit Selbstregierung [engl. „Herrschaft, Herrschaftsgebiet“ <lat. dominium „Herrschaft“] * * * Dominion [də mɪnjən; englisch »Herrschaft«, »Gebiet«] das, s/ s… …
20dominion — The exercise of authority. In the creation narrative of the Priestly [[➝ Priestly narrative]] writer the human species is given dominion over the rest of creation (Gen. 1:26, 28) but subject to the ultimate dominion of the Lord (Ps. 22:28).… …
