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dominion / Dominion > 3 senses
NOUN1dominion, ruleDominance or power through legal authority
2dominion, district, territory, territorial dominionA region marked off for administrative or other purposes
3DominionOne of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
dominion / Dominion > pronunciation
Soundsdahmih'nyahn
RhymesAachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn...
dominion > noun 1, state
MeaningDominance or power through legal authority.
Examples"France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"
Synonymsrule
Broaderdominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
Narrowerparamountcy; raj; reign, sovereignty; suzerainty
Verbsdominate
dominion > noun 2, location
MeaningA region marked off for administrative or other purposes.
Synonymsdistrict, territory, territorial dominion
Broaderregion
Narroweradministrative district, administrative division, territorial division; borderland, border district, march, marchland; city district; congressional district; development; enclave; palatinate; residential district, residential area, community; goldfield; jurisdiction; mandate, mandatory; protectorate, associated state; possession; trust territory, trusteeship
InstancesPalatinate, Pfalz; Athos, Mount Athos; Attica; Boeotia; Papal States; Acadia; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Yukon, Yukon Territory; Northern Territory; Northern Marianas, Northern Mariana Islands; Acre; Lake District, Lakeland; Galloway; Lothian Region; East Malaysia; Sabah, North Borneo; Sarawak; West Malaysia; Natal, KwaZulu-Natal; American Samoa, Eastern Samoa, AS; Aragon; Castile, Castilla; Catalonia; Darfur; Kordofan; Louisiana Purchase
Dominion > noun 3, group
MeaningOne of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth.
Broaderstate, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic

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