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dominion Definition

do·min·ion (də min′yən, dō-)

noun

  1. rule or power to rule; sovereign authority; sovereignty
  2. a governed territory or country
  3. a name formerly used for certain self-governing nations of the Commonwealth (sense )
  4. Law ownership; dominium

Etymology: ME dominioun < ML dominio < L dominus: see dominate

dominion Synonyms

dominion

n.

  1. The acknowledged right to govern

    authority, seniority, jurisdiction, control, power, rule, sway, authorization, reign, ascendancy, sovereignty, supremacy, mastership, lordship, prerogative, privilege, regency, commission, empire; see also administration 1, power 2.

    Antonyms anarchy*, subjugation, bondage. *

  2. Actual control

    management, control, domination; see administration 1, government 1.

  3. A governed area

    domain, territory, realm, kingdom; see area 2, nation 1, territory 2. See syn. study at power.

dominion Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • Satan: Are you under the dominion of Satan or the Lord Jesus Christ?
  • darkness: God came down from heaven in the person of Jesus Christ to die on the cross to deliver us from the dominion of darkness.
  • sin: How do you know that you have been freed from the dominion of sin, freed to live a holy life?
  • heaven: For to God belong the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between.

Converse of object

  • belong: For to God belong the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between.
  • exercise: There are other great nations in Europe who exercise dominion over foreign peoples.
  • establish: The eventual aim is either to establish dominion over the entire asteroid or to depose all the other rulers.
  • have: You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands.
  • seek: They remind us of the inner jogo and teaches us to conquer ourselves before we seek dominion over others.
  • hold: Both begrudge any other kind of dominion held by man over man.

Adjective modifier

  • everlasting: His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away.
  • universal: The final beast destroyed and universal dominion given to the Son of Man.
  • eternal: His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation.
  • absolute: The nations will be blessed when they acknowledge the Lord Jesus Jesus Christ is given absolute dominion and there is no wiggle room.

Preposition: over

  • earth: Unlike marriage or man's dominion over the earth, the nations are not part of the original creation.
  • creature: I exercise dominion over all creatures and over the affairs of all who are under the protection of my image.
  • creation: QUESTIONS 1 Detail some examples, in the world today, of our dominion over creation.
  • animal: It arises in Genesis 1.26, where God gives humans dominion over all animals.

Modifies a noun

  • status: The British promised dominion status for India once the war had ended.
  • concept: In March 1926 he delivered a speech in Stellenbosch in which he dealt in detail with the dominion concept.