dominion
pronunciation
How to pronounce dominion in British English:
UK [dəˈmɪniən]
How to pronounce dominion in American English:
US [dəˈmɪnjən]
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- Noun:
- dominance or power through legal authority
- a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Word Origin
- dominion
- dominion: [15] Dominion, in common with demesne, domain, dominant, dominate, domineer, dominie, domino, and don, and indeed danger and dungeon, comes ultimately from Latin dominus ‘lord, master’. This was a derivative of Latin domus ‘house’ (source of English dome) and, like the parallel Greek formation despótēs (source of English despot), originally meant ‘master of the house’.Its most direct descendant in modern English is don [17]. This is the Spanish reflex of Latin dominus, used as a title of respect for Spanish lords or gentlemen, and has been applied since the mid 17th century (originally as a piece of university slang) to university teachers. Of derivatives, dominion comes from Latin dominium ‘property’ (of which a post-classical descendant was dominiō or domniō, source of English dungeon); dominate [17] and dominant [15] come from the verb dominārī ‘be lord and master’; domineer [16] is also from dominārī, via French dominer and early modern Dutch domineren; and dominie [17], a Scottish term for a ‘schoolmaster’, probably comes from the Latin vocative case dominē.=> dame, danger, demesne, despot, dome, domestic, dominate
- dominion (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French dominion "dominion, rule, power," from Medieval Latin dominionem (nominative dominio), corresponding to Latin dominium "property, ownership," from dominus (see domination). British sovereign colonies often were called dominions, hence the Dominion of Canada, the formal title after the 1867 union, and Old Dominion, the popular name for the U.S. state of Virginia, first recorded 1778.
Example
- 1. Policy makers in beijing insist that china has no interest in global dominion .
- 2. So what leverage does turkey actually have over its erstwhile ottoman dominion ?
- 3. There was discussion about joining canada in the late 1860s when that dominion was launched , but it remained independent .
- 4. Only military dominion keeps such activity at bay .
- 5. One of the first buildings to be connected was the toronto dominion centre , a distinctive set of office towers .