Definition of Dominion

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Dominion

Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.

Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.

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.

A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3.

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Dominion Quotations

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.
Leonardo da Vinci

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
Alexander the Great

I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.
Alexander the Great

Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.
Pope John Paul II

Your real self - the "I am I" - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm.
Robert Collier

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.
Alexander Pope

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.
Dylan Thomas

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
Joseph Addison

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.
Guru Nanak

Dominion Translations

dominion in Dutch is dominion
dominion in French is domination
dominion in German is Herrschaft, Oberherrschaft
dominion in Italian is egemonia
dominion in Latin is principatus

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