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Definition of Dominion
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

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

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

I hope that the German people will never again make the mistake of believing that because the American people are peace-loving, they will sit back hoping for peace if any nation uses force or the threat of force to acquire dominion over other peoples and other governments.
James F. Byrnes

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

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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