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Dominion vs Importance - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between dominion and importance

is that dominion is power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy while importance is the quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.

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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    importance

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
  • significance or prominence
  • personal status or standing