Defenition of the word dominion

• Defenition of the word dominion

  • Authority or the use of authority; jurisdiction over something.
  • dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"
  • a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state
  • one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
  • a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
  • dominance or power through legal authority

Synonyms for the word dominion

• • authority
  • colony
  • command
  • control
  • dominance
  • domination
  • mandate
  • power
  • protectorate
  • province
  • region
  • rule
  • say-so
  • state
  • territorial dominion
  • territory

Similar words in the dominion

• • dominion
  • dominion's
  • dominions

Hyponyms for the word dominion

• • Acadia
  • Acre
  • administrative district
  • administrative division
  • American Samoa
  • Aragon
  • AS
  • associated state
  • Athos
  • Attica
  • Boeotia
  • border district
  • borderland
  • british east africa
  • british west africa
  • Castile
  • Castilla
  • Catalonia
  • city district
  • community
  • congressional district
  • development
  • East Malaysia
  • Eastern Samoa
  • enclave
  • Galloway
  • goldfield
  • jurisdiction
  • Kordofan
  • Lake District
  • Lakeland
  • Lothian Region
  • Louisiana Purchase
  • mandate
  • mandatory
  • march
  • marchland
  • Mount Athos
  • Natal
  • North Borneo
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Northern Marianas
  • Northern Territory
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut
  • Palatinate
  • paramountcy
  • Pfalz
  • possession
  • protectorate
  • raj
  • reign
  • residential area
  • residential district
  • Sabah
  • Sarawak
  • sovereignty
  • suzerainty
  • territorial division
  • trust territory
  • trusteeship
  • West Malaysia
  • Yukon
  • Yukon Territory

Hypernyms for the word dominion

• • ascendance
  • ascendancy
  • ascendence
  • ascendency
  • body politic
  • commonwealth
  • control
  • country
  • dominance
  • land
  • nation
  • possession
  • region
  • res publica
  • state

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