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.

Noun

(en noun)

Mode of rule or management.

A form of government, or the government in power (as in a socialist regime).

A period of rule.

A regulated system; a regimen.

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(hydrology) A set of characteristics.