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Example sentences from the Web for dominionsThe three Dominions together engaged some 40% of the German army. Shock Army of the British Empire|David Frum|April 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST Yet when British troops left their African, Middle Eastern, and Asian dominions, they left behind many embryonic democracies, too. What Iraq Costs Us|Peter Beinart|March 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST Philip's orders had arrived: no Englishman of any creed or kind was to be allowed to trade in his West India dominions. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century|James Anthony Froude Our sovereign has not always been powerful enough to defend all his dominions. Toronto of Old|Henry Scadding
The same may be said of the tremendous devastation of the Roman dominions. The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4)|Thomas Babington Macaulay A large expedition was sent to Lombok in 1894, and almost the whole of that island was incorporated in the Dutch dominions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4|Various Their deputies are instructed to insist upon a warranty of their East and West India dominions. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. V (of 12)|Various
pl n(often capital) another term for dominations Words nearby dominionsDominican Republic, Dominick, dominie, dominion, Dominion Day, dominions, Dominique, dominium, domino, domino effect, dominoes Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dominionscontrol, domain, regimentation, jurisdiction, terrain, walk, supremacy, sphere, regiment, seniority, empire, management, realm, district, field, prerogative, commission, state, privilege, sovereignty |