dominion
24
7.7
- noun
- /dəˈmɪn.jən/
- Formal
:
dominio
- Many ancient cultures believed they had divine dominion over the lands they inhabited.
- dominion over nature
- exercise dominion
- claimed dominion
Can you set the dominion thereof on earth?
- Can you set the dominion thereof on earth?
- There is a raw desire for power, for dominion, for domination.
- So all life is seeking to expand its dominion over space and time.
- It's just part of trim, you know, exercising our dominion over the earth.
- Don't let the flesh have dominion over you.
- And in fact, humans were created to have dominion over nature and to subdue nature.
- You know, it's all these things are created so you can have dominion over them.
- Painful, painful, unjust death accompanied by betrayal, the perfidy of the mob and the dominion of the tyrant.
- So Adam allows the snake to be in his dominion with his wife, even though he knows the danger of the snake.
- I give human beings dominion over all that walks, over all that flies, over all that swims.
Examples
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So all life is seeking to expand its dominion over space and time.
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And in fact, humans were created to have dominion over nature and to subdue nature.
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It's in that moment that they claim dominion over themselves.
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You have complete dominion over the meaning you bring to every event.
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Your son will have dominion over all.
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Grant him dominion over all Lands.
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Pity them and let them have their dominion in this world.
Fiction book (1998) -
We not only lack dominion over nature, we're subordinate to it.
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I give human beings dominion over all that walks, over all that flies, over all that swims.
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You're under my dominion.
Synonyms
∞
3.4
Ability to control people or events
697
2.0
Control of a country by a person or group
127
8.0
A country's right to govern itself without outside control
81
5.1
Power and control over other people or groups
6
9.4
Power that a person has over land and people in the past
2
7.5
The time a leader has power over a country
1
9.9
Rule by an emperor over many lands
A ruler's supreme control over other rulers and lands
Power and rights that a king or queen has
Antonyms
Compounds
How Powerful
53
7.1
127
8.0
- Formal
24
7.7
- Specialized
248
6.9
889
3.1
444
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
dominion = dominate (semi-transparent) = domin + ion
The form is a regular noun formation from the Latin root domin- with the suffix -ion and is related in meaning to 'dominate', but the root 'domin' is not a standalone modern English word and the exact territorial/sovereign nuances are specialized.
Etymology
Dominion comes from the Latin word dominus, meaning 'lord' or 'master', and it is the same root as the words domain and dominate. So to have dominion is to have the power or right to rule and control people or land.