Supremacy vs Dominion - What's the difference?
supremacy | dominion |
The quality of being supreme.
Power over all others.
When used with a designation for a particular group, the assertion that the group in question is superior to or should rule over others.
Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
* Bible, Daniel iv. 34
* Jowett
predominance; ascendancy
* Dryden
(sometimes, figurative) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
(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
As nouns the difference between supremacy and dominion
is that supremacy is the quality of being supreme while dominion is power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.supremacy
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(en-noun)dominion
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(en noun)- I praised and honoured him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion.
- To choose between dominion or slavery.
- Objects placed foremost ought have dominion over things confused and transient.
- the dominions of a king
- the dominion of the passions
- By him were all things created whether they be thrones, or dominions , or principalities, or powers.
