dominion
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English dominion, from Middle French dominion, from Latin dominium (“lordship, right of ownership”), from dominus (“lord”), from domus (“house”). See demain, demesne, domain, dominium.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdominion (countable and uncountable, plural dominions)
- Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 4:34, column 1:
- And at the end of the dayes, I Nebuchad-nezzar lift vp mine eyes vnto heauen, and mine vnderſtanding returned vnto me, and I bleſſed the moſt high, and I praiſed, and honoured him that liueth for euer, whoſe dominion is an euerlaſting dominion, and his kingdome is from generation to generation.
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides Translated into English:
- To choose between dominion or slavery.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- '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 with towers, and those who breathe therein.'
- predominance; ascendancy
- 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:
- Objects placed foremost ought […] have dominion over things which are confus'd and transient.
- (sometimes figurative) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
- the dominions of a king the dominion of the passions
- 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Four. The Last of the Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 137:
- 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!
- (taxonomy) kingdom
- (Christianity) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.
- Synonym: domination
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 1:16, column 2:
- 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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Further reading
edit- “dominion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “dominion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Danish
editNoun
editdominion c (singular definite dominionen, plural indefinite dominioner)
Declension
editcommon gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | dominion | dominionen | dominioner | dominionerne |
genitive | dominions | dominionens | dominioners | dominionernes |
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editFinnish
editNoun
editdominion
French
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French dominion, from Latin dominium, with the ending reinterpreted as French -on.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdominion m (plural dominions)
Descendants
edit- → Romanian: dominion
Further reading
edit- “dominion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom English dominion, from Latin dominium.
Noun
editdominion m (definite singular dominionen, indefinite plural dominioner or dominions, definite plural dominionene)
- a dominion
Usage notes
editThe use of dominions as indefinite plural may be from Danish via Riksmål.
References
edit- “dominion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “dominion” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom English dominion, from Latin dominium.
Noun
editdominion m (definite singular dominionen, indefinite plural dominionar, definite plural dominionane)
- a dominion
References
edit- “dominion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French dominion.
Noun
editdominion n (plural dominioane)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) dominion | dominionul | (niște) dominioane | dominioanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) dominion | dominionului | (unor) dominioane | dominioanelor |
vocative | dominionule | dominioanelor |
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