1 [U] (over sb/sth) (literary) authority to rule; control:
Man has dominion over the natural world. * Soon the whole country was under his sole dominion.
2 [C] (formal) an area controlled by one ruler:
the vast dominions of the Chinese Empire
3 (often Dominion) [C] (in the past) any of the countries of the British Commonwealth that had their own government
compareCOLONY, PROTECTORATE
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is dominion a noun, verb, or something else?
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