单词 | domination |
释义 | dominationn. 1. Thesaurus » a. The action of dominating; the exercise of ruling power; lordly rule, sway, or control; ascendancy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > chief authority or dominion ealdordomeOE lord-domeOE lordshipeOE aldershipOE danger?c1225 seignioryc1290 demesnec1300 lordheada1325 lordshippingc1384 dominationc1386 subjectiona1393 signory?a1425 dominionc1430 signority1525 seigniority1596 dynasty1613 seigniorage1656 c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Prol. & Tale 232 In whom þat drynke hath dominacion, He kan no conseil kepe. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton A viij b The kynges and prynces haue domynacions and lordshippes. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos i. 13 Pryam was subdued and putte vnder the sharpe domynacyon of the grekes. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. ix. 43 Gave unto him..the Lordship and domination over thys yle. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 86 The people found themselves happy under his domination. 1880 G. Duff in 19th Cent. No. 38. 666 To keep up the horrible Turkish domination in Armenia. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > condition of being more than another > superiority in amount or quantity domination1526 eminency1608 preponderance1787 preponderancy1829 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Biv A myxture of syluer & golde..wherin the siluer hath dominacion. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors v. f. 63 Vpon the mixtion of these collours, or chief domination of them, al thinges hath their collour. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory governed by a ruler or state demesnea1387 principalitya1398 territory?a1439 dominationc1440 statea1500 dominion1512 dition1542 heretochy1587 domain1601 sovereignty1715 possession1797 daimiote1870 ealdormanry1870 c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iv. 265 In what parti he dwelled of his domynacyon. 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 26. §1 His subiectes of his saide dominacion of Wales. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 68 The Romans advanced not their names, nor inlarged their Dominations but by Conquests. 3. plural. The fourth of the nine orders of angels in the Dionysian hierachy; a conventional representation of these in art. Cf. dominion n. 4, and see note s.v. cherub n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > order of > dominations lordshipOE dominations1398 dominion1667 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Ephes. i. 21 Ech principat, and potestat, and vertu, and domynacioun [so Tindale, Geneva, Rhem.].] 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ii. xii. 38 The fourth ordre is Domynacyones. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 182 Archangellis, angellis and dompnationis, Tronis, potestatis and marteiris seir. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 601 Hear all ye Angels..Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers. View more context for this quotation 1847 Ld. Lindsay Sketches Hist. Christian Art I. 134 A ‘throne’, for instance, is seated on a throne; a ‘domination’ holds the balance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.c1386 |
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