OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 28619

dominion

/dəˈmɪnjən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dominio
Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
'Behold! once more I kiss thee, and by that kiss I give to thee dominion over sea and earth, over the peasant in his hovel, over the monarch in his palace halls, and cities crowned…
To choose between dominion or slavery.
dominio
A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion!
the dominions of a king the dominion of the passions
dominación
An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.
For by him were all things created[…], whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.
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