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Dominion vs Behest - What's the difference?

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Dominion is a related term of behest.


As a proper noun dominion

is any of the self-governing nations of the british commonwealth.

As a noun behest is

a command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request.

As a verb behest is

(obsolete) to promise; vow.

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.

    Related terms

    * dominate * domination * dominator * domineering * domino

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    behest

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request.
  • * 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p. 278:
    • Paul did not dare pronounce, let matters rest, / His master having given him no behest .
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • to do his master's high behest
  • * 2007 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day :
    • And young Mr. Fleetwood Vibe was here at the behest of his father, Wall Street eminence Scarsdale Vibe, who was effectively bankrolling the Expedition.
  • * 2009 , “What a waste”, The Economist , 15 Oct 2009:
    • the House of Representatives will try to water down even this feeble effort at the behest of the unions whose members enjoy some of the most lavish policies.
  • * 2011 , Owen Gibson, The Guardian , 24 Mar 2011:
    • The Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, is to meet with the BBC director general, Mark Thompson, at the behest of the Premier League in a bid to resolve their long-running feud.
  • A vow; a promise.
  • * Paston
    • The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To promise; vow.

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