DOMINION | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of dominion in English
They asked whether the future of Canada was to be a dominion within the British Empire.
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(Definition of dominion from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
Examples of dominion
dominion
We live in this world, not in dominion over it.
So "rule over" or "have dominion " is actually quite accurate.
It awakens all aspects of your being, and gives you dominion over your experience.
And yet, for all its beauty, the town was still a mechanism to ensure his dominion over his workers.
He also craved dominion over the workers he employed.
It just happened to be the dominion of men for the most part.
Dominion reported no major problems this past week during the second cold snap.
This latest project puts humanity in dominion over our quadcopter subordinates.
The extra grabbiness gave me dominion over all snow conditions.
This most elegant system of the sun, planets, and comets could not have arisen without the design and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being.
We as humans are to hold dominion over these creatures, and to deal with them as we please.
But women's dominion over another part of public life has also declined: civil society.
My daughter was going to school at old dominion university.
You get requests to go to the tailgates at old dominion university.
Gradually, the duty settled into the dominion of "professional clergy".
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Translations of dominion
in Chinese (Traditional)
控制, 統治, 支配…
in Chinese (Simplified)
控制, 统治, 支配…
in Portuguese
domínio, autoridade, território…
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hakimiyet, egemenlik, idare…
nadvláda, převaha, dominium…
herredømme, magt, dominion…
quyền cai trị, lãnh thổ tự trị trong khối Liên Hiệp Anh…
zwierzchnictwo, panowanie, dominium…
herravälde, överhöghet, makt…
kuasa pemerintahan, wilayah pemerintahan…
die Herrschaft, das Dominion…
herredømme, makt, statssamfunn…
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