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Domicile vs Dominion - What's the difference?

domicile | dominion |

As nouns the difference between domicile and dominion

is that domicile is a home or residence while dominion is power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.

As a verb domicile

is to have a domicile in a particular place.

domicile

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (formal) A home or residence.
  • The call to jury duty was sent to my legal domicile ; too bad I was on vacation at the time.
  • (legal) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.
  • (Wharton)

    Verb

  • To have a domicile in a particular place.
  • The answer depends on in which state he was domiciled at his death.
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    dominion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
  • * Bible, Daniel iv. 34
  • I praised and honoured him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion.
  • * Jowett
  • To choose between dominion or slavery.
  • predominance; ascendancy
  • * Dryden
  • Objects placed foremost ought have dominion over things confused and transient.
  • (sometimes, figurative) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
  • the dominions of a king
    the dominion of the passions
  • (historical) One of the colonies of the British Empire given self-government through the Statute of Westminster, such as Canada or Newfoundland.
  • (Biblical tradition) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above angels and below thrones.
  • * Bible, Colossians 1:16
  • By him were all things created whether they be thrones, or dominions , or principalities, or powers.