Dominion /(?)/

Do·min·ion

Dominion

n.
  1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.
    I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion.
    — Dan. iv. 34.
    To choose between dominion or slavery.
    — Jowett (Thucyd. ).
  2. Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.
    Objects placed foremost ought . . . have dominion over things confused and transient.
  3. That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions.
  4. A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3.
    By him were all things created . . . whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers.
    — Col. i. 16.