English Dictionary

dominion

/dəˈmɪnjən/

noun

Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy. / predominance; ascendancy / (sometimes figuratively) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.

The king ruled over his dominion with an iron fist.

意味（1）

Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.

And at the end of the dayes, I Nebuchad-nezzar lift vp mine eyes vnto heauen, and mine vnderſtanding returned vnto me, and I bleſſed the moſt high, and I praiſed, and honoured him that liueth for euer, whoſe dominion is an euerlaſting dominion, and his kingdome is from generation to generation.

意味（2）

predominance; ascendancy

Objects placed foremost ought […] have dominion over things which are confus'd and transient.

意味（3）

(sometimes figuratively) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.

the dominions of a king the dominion of the passions

意味（4）

(taxonomy) kingdom

意味（5）

(Christianity) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.

For by him were all things created[…], whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.