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English
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dəˈmɪnjən/, /doʊˈmɪnjən/
- Rhymes: -ɪnjən
- Hyphenation: do‧min‧ion
Noun
dominion (countable and uncountable, plural dominions)
- Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Daniel 4:34, column 1:And at the end of the dayes, I Nebuchad-nezzar lift vp mine eyes vnto heauen, and mine vnderſtanding returned vnto me, and I bleſſed the moſt high, and I praiſed, and honoured him that liueth for euer, whoſe dominion is an euerlaſting dominion, and his kingdome is from generation to generation.
1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides Translated into English:To choose between dominion or slavery.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:'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.'
- predominance; ascendancy
1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, , London: J Heptinstall for W. Rogers, , →OCLC:Objects placed foremost ought […] have dominion over things which are confus'd and transient.
- (sometimes figurative) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
the dominions of a king the dominion of the passions
1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Four. The Last of the Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, , →OCLC, page 137: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!
- (taxonomy) kingdom
- (Christianity) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.
- Synonym: domination
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Colossians 1:16, column 2: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.
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Translations
power or the use of power; sovereignty over something
kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence
Christianity: order of angel, ranked above virtues and below thrones
Further reading
- “dominion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “dominion”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Danish
Noun
dominion c (singular definite dominionen, plural indefinite dominioner)
- dominion
Declension
Further reading
Finnish
Noun
dominion
- genitive singular of dominio
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dominium, with the ending reinterpreted as French -on.
Pronunciation
Noun
dominion m (plural dominions)
- dominion
Descendants
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English dominion, from Latin dominium.
Noun
dominion m (definite singular dominionen, indefinite plural dominioner or dominions, definite plural dominionene)
- a dominion
Usage notes
The use of dominions as indefinite plural may be from Danish via Riksmål.
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English dominion, from Latin dominium.
Noun
dominion m (definite singular dominionen, indefinite plural dominionar, definite plural dominionane)
- a dominion
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French dominion.
Noun
dominion n (plural dominioane)
- dominion
Declension