"dominion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dəˈmɪnjən/, /doʊˈmɪnjən/ Audio: En-us-dominion.ogg [US] Forms: dominions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪnjən 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dem-}}, {{inh|en|enm|dominion}} Middle English dominion, {{der|en|frm|dominion}} Middle French dominion, {{der|en|la|dominium||lordship, right of ownership}} Latin dominium (“lordship, right of ownership”), {{m|la|dominus||lord}} dominus (“lord”), {{m|la|domus||house}} domus (“house”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dominion (countable and uncountable, plural dominions)
  1. Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (power or the use of power; sovereignty over something): ἀρχή (arkhḗ) (Ancient Greek), суверенна власт (suverenna vlast) (Bulgarian), herredømme [neuter] (Danish), magt [common-gender] (Danish), heerschappij (Dutch), wA-s-wAs (wꜣs) [masculine] (Egyptian), valta (Finnish), herruus (Finnish), domination [masculine] (French), dominio [masculine] (Galician), Herrschaft [feminine] (German), Oberherrschaft [feminine] (German), Vorherrschaft [feminine] (German), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 (fraujinassus) [masculine] (Gothic), mulki (Hausa), डोमीनियन (ḍomīniyan) [feminine] (Hindi), uralom [singular] (Hungarian), tiarnas [masculine] (Irish), dominium [neuter] (Latin), надмоќ (nadmoḱ) [feminine] (Macedonian), превласт (prevlast) [feminine] (Macedonian), seignurie (Middle English), Äwahaunt [feminine] (Plautdietsch), dominacja [feminine] (Polish), dominație [feminine] (Romanian), власть (vlastʹ) [feminine] (Russian), क्षत्र (kṣatra) [neuter] (Sanskrit), dominio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dominion-en-noun-Gp3EE0KQ Disambiguation of 'power or the use of power; sovereignty over something': 93 0 4 2 1
  2. predominance; ascendancy Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Polities Translations (predominance, ascendancy): hallinta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-dominion-en-noun-PNfYt7Jg Disambiguation of Polities: 13 37 14 14 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 36 20 17 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 32 22 21 17 Disambiguation of 'predominance, ascendancy': 1 88 3 5 3
  3. (sometimes figurative) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory. Tags: countable, figuratively, sometimes, uncountable Translations (kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence): доминион (dominion) [masculine] (Bulgarian), domini [masculine] (Catalan), dominion [common-gender] (Danish), valtapiiri (Finnish), Herrschaftsgebiet [neuter] (German), Machtgebiet [neuter] (German), Einflussbereich [masculine] (German), Dominion [neuter] (German), डोमीनियन (ḍomīniyan) [feminine] (Hindi), domini (Indonesian), tiarnas [masculine] (Irish), វិជិតរដ្ឋ (vi jit roth) (Khmer), វិជិតរាជ្យ (vi jit reach) (Khmer), доминио́н (dominión) [masculine] (Macedonian), кралство (kralstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), царство (carstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), ard-rheam (Manx), tominiana (Maori), seignurie (Middle English), dominion [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dominion [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dominium [neuter] (Polish), влады́чество (vladýčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), доминио́н (dominión) [masculine] (Russian), ца́рство (cárstvo) [neuter] (Russian), flathas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), dominio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dominion-en-noun-htbQIIs5 Disambiguation of 'kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence': 2 1 65 30 2
  4. (taxonomy) kingdom Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Taxonomy
    Sense id: en-dominion-en-noun-YDisTXiT Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
  5. (Christianity) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity Synonyms: domination Translations (Christianity: order of angel, ranked above virtues and below thrones): בַּעֲלוּת (ba'alút) [feminine] (Hebrew), tiarnas [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-dominion-en-noun-5f0MVtoo Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'Christianity: order of angel, ranked above virtues and below thrones': 3 5 5 6 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dominion theology Related terms: dominate, domination, dominator, domineering, domino, subdominion

Inflected forms

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      "word": "суверенна власт"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "power or the use of power; sovereignty over something",
      "word": "herruus"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "dominio"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "power or the use of power; sovereignty over something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Herrschaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "power or the use of power; sovereignty over something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Oberherrschaft"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "power or the use of power; sovereignty over something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Vorherrschaft"
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      "sense": "power or the use of power; sovereignty over something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃"
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      "word": "ἀρχή"
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      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "power or the use of power; sovereignty over something",
      "word": "mulki"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "ḍomīniyan",
      "sense": "power or the use of power; sovereignty over something",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "डोमीनियन"
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      "word": "uralom"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "power or the use of power; sovereignty over something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tiarnas"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "dominium"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "seignurie"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Äwahaunt"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "power or the use of power; sovereignty over something",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dominacja"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "power or the use of power; sovereignty over something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dominație"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "power or the use of power; sovereignty over something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "власть"
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      "code": "sa",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Einflussbereich"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
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      "word": "tiarnas"
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      "code": "km",
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      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "доминио́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kralstvo",
      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кралство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "carstvo",
      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "царство"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "word": "ard-rheam"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "word": "tominiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "word": "seignurie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dominion"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dominion"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dominium"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vladýčestvo",
      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "влады́чество"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dominión",
      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "доминио́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cárstvo",
      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ца́рство"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flathas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dominio"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ba'alút",
      "sense": "Christianity: order of angel, ranked above virtues and below thrones",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "בַּעֲלוּת"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Christianity: order of angel, ranked above virtues and below thrones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tiarnas"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dominion (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "dominion"
}

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