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Antonyms for dominion
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : duh-min-yuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : dəˈmɪn yən |
Definition of dominion
Origin :- early 15c., from Old French dominion "dominion, rule, power," from Medieval Latin dominionem (nominative dominio), corresponding to Latin dominium "property, ownership," from dominus (see domination).
- British sovereign colonies often were called dominions, hence the Dominion of Canada, the formal title after the 1867 union, and Old Dominion, the popular name for the U.S. state of Virginia, first recorded 1778.
- noun area of rule; authority
- John had been under her dominion, and proceeded to persuade her.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- He must get the dominion over circumstance, or circumstance must get the dominion over him.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- It contemplates his dominion as infinite, and his will as the law of nature and of nations.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- We have risen with him, and death has henceforth no dominion over us.
- Extract from : « Miracles of Our Lord » by George MacDonald
- It towers above me with a cone-shaped top, a figure of might and dominion.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- That mood into which a friend can bring us is his dominion over us.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Many a man has become a fatalist because he has fallen under the dominion of a single idea.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- The system of Hegel frees the mind from the dominion of abstract ideas.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- For the Hellenes, especially those who were under the dominion of the barbarians, often borrowed from them.
- Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
- Outlaw and rustler opposed the dominion of this peace officer.
- Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
Synonyms for dominion
- ascendancy
- authorization
- bailiwick
- command
- commission
- control
- country
- demesne
- district
- domain
- dominance
- domination
- empire
- enclave
- field
- government
- jurisdiction
- management
- power
- preeminence
- prepotence
- prepotency
- prerogative
- privilege
- property
- province
- realm
- regency
- regiment
- regimentation
- region
- reign
- rule
- seniority
- sovereignty
- sphere
- state
- stomping grounds
- supremacy
- sway
- terrain
- territory
- turf
- walk
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