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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dominion \Do*min"ion\, noun [LL. dominio, equiv. to L. dominium. See {Domain}, {Dungeon}.]
1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.
I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion. --Dan. iv. 34.
To choose between dominion or slavery. --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
2. Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.
Objects placed foremost ought . . . have dominion over things confused and transient. --Dryden.
3. 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.
4. pl. A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See {Domination}, 3. --Milton.
By him were all things created . . . whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers. --Col. i. 16.
Syn: Sovereignty; control; rule; authority; jurisdiction; government; territory; district; region.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dominion
noun
1: dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar" [syn: {rule}]
2: a region marked off for administrative or other purposes [syn: {district}, {territory}, {territorial dominion}]
3: one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
189 Moby Thesaurus words for "dominion": acme, administration, ally, ambit, antecedence, antecedency, anteposition, anteriority, archduchy, archdukedom, area, arena, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendant, authority, authorization, bailiwick, balance of power, be-all and end-all, beat, blue ribbon, body politic, border, borderland, buffer state, captive nation, champaign, championship, chieftaincy, chieftainry, circle, circuit, city-state, claws, clutches, colony, command, commonweal, commonwealth, control, country, county, demesne, department, directorship, disposition, domain, dominance, dominancy, domination, dominium, duchy, dukedom, earldom, effectiveness, eminent domain, empery, empire, field, first place, first prize, free city, front position, governance, government, grand duchy, grasp, grip, gripe, hand, hands, headship, hegemony, height, helm, hemisphere, highest, hold, imperium, influence, iron hand, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, kingdom, kingship, land, land tenure, landholding, landownership, landowning, leadership, lordship, management, mandant, mandate, mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, march, masterdom, mastership, mastery, maximum, most, nation, nationality, ne plus ultra, new high, orb, orbit, overlordship, ownership, pale, palms, paramountcy, polis, polity, possession, possessorship, power, precedence, precedency, preceding, precession, precinct, precursor, predominance, predominancy, predomination, preeminence, preference, prefixation, prelude, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, presidency, primacy, principality, principate, priority, property, proprietary, proprietorship, protectorate, prothesis, province, puppet government, puppet regime, raj, realm, record, region, regnancy, reign, reins of government, republic, round, rule, satellite, say, seigniory, seneschalty, settlement, sovereign nation, sovereignty, sphere, state, sultanate, superiority, superpower, supremacy, suzerainship, suzerainty, sway, talons, terrain, territory, the lead, top priority, top spot, toparchia, toparchy, upper hand, urgency, walk, whip hand, zenith
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dominion, TX (CDP, FIPS 20844) Location: 29.65657 N, 98.61622 W Population (1990): 1196 (509 housing units) Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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