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name
Any of the self-governing nations of the British Commonwealth until 1949.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Predominance; ascendancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, sometimes, uncountable
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noun
kingdom
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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noun
An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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Synonyms: domination
Antonyms: none provided
noun
one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
noun
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: district, territory, territorial dominion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: region
Narrower terms: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division, borderland, border district, march, marchland, city district, congressional district, development, enclave, palatinate, residential district, residential area, community, goldfield, jurisdiction, mandate, mandatory, protectorate, associated state, possession, trust territory, trusteeship, British East Africa, British West Africa, Pfalz, Athos, Mount Athos, Attica, Boeotia, Papal States, Acadia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, Yukon Territory, Northern Territory, Northern Marianas, Northern Mariana Islands, Acre, Lake District, Lakeland, Galloway, Lothian Region, East Malaysia, Sabah, North Borneo, Sarawak, West Malaysia, Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, American Samoa, Eastern Samoa, AS, Aragon, Castile, Castilla, Catalonia, Darfur, Kordofan, Louisiana Purchase
noun
dominance or power through legal authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: rule
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
Narrower terms: paramountcy, raj, reign, sovereignty, suzerainty
History
From Middle English dominion, from Middle French dominion, from Latin dominium (“lordship, right of ownership”), from dominus (“lord”), from domus (“house”). See demain, demesne, domain, dominium.
Across languages
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