DOMINION


Meaning of DOMINION in English

/deuh min"yeuhn/ , n.

1. the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.

2. rule; control; domination.

3. a territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway.

4. lands or domains subject to sovereignty or control.

5. Govt. a territory constituting a self-governing commonwealth and being one of a number of such territories united in a community of nations, or empire: formerly applied to self-governing divisions of the British Empire, as Canada and New Zealand.

6. dominions , Theol. domination (def. 3).

[ 1400-50; late ME dominion- (s. of * dominio ) lordship, equiv. to L domin ( ium ) DOMINIUM + -ion- -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .