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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024do•min•ion /dəˈmɪnyən/USA pronunciation n. - Government the power to govern:[uncountable]The king declared he had sole dominion over this land.
- Government the territory subject to the control of a ruler or government:[countable]The law was put into effect throughout the dominion.
- Government[countable* often: Dominion] any of the self-governing countries outside the United Kingdom that belong to the Commonwealth of Nations.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024do•min•ion (də min′yən),USA pronunciation n. - Governmentthe power or right of governing and controlling;
sovereign authority. - Governmentrule;
control;
domination. - Governmenta territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway.
- Governmentlands or domains subject to sovereignty or control.
- Governmenta territory constituting a self-governing commonwealth and being one of a number of such territories united in a community of nations, or empire: formerly applied to self-governing divisions of the British Empire, as Canada and New Zealand.
- Religion dominions, [Theol.]domination (def. 3).
- Medieval Latin *dominiōn- (stem of *dominiō) lordship, equivalent. to Latin domin(ium) dominium + -iōn- -ion
- Middle French
- late Middle English 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dominion /dəˈmɪnjən/ n - rule; authority
- the land governed by one ruler or government
- sphere of influence; area of control
- a name formerly applied to self-governing divisions of the British Empire
- theDominion ⇒ New Zealand
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, from Latin dominium ownership, from dominus master |