See Also: DOMINION(law)
Dominion(medicine)
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Dominion Day(dictionary)
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Toronto-Dominion Bank(finance)
TORONTO-DOMINION Bank (The)(finance)

dominion (iou)



dominion noun. ME.
[Old French from medieval Latin dominio(n-), from dominium property, from dominus lord, master.]
A domain, a territory; esp. (sing. & in pl.) the land of a feudal lord; the territory of a particular ruler or government. ME.
Ld Macaulay The wide dominion of the Franks was severed into a thousand pieces.
b. Hist. (Also Dominion.) A country outside Great Britain or (in early use) England under the sovereignty of or owing allegiance to the Crown; esp. (the title of) any of the larger self-governing nations that belong or once belonged to the British Commonwealth. E17.
the Dominion colloq. (now rare) Canada. the Old Dominion US colloq. Virginia.
attrib.: A. F. Douglas-Home Her leaders could..make a good case for Dominion status (i.e. complete independence within the Commonwealth) on the country's record and prospects.
The power or right of governing; sovereign authority, lordship; dominance, influence, control. LME.
B. Jowett For ages physicians have been under the dominion of prejudices. P. Ackroyd Neither tears nor hollow laughter hold dominion. J. C. Oates The dominion of men over beasts.
Christian Church. = DOMINATION 3. Usu. in pl. E17.
Law. Ownership, property; right of possession. M17.
T. Jefferson Our Saxon ancestors held their lands..in absolute dominion, unencumbered with any superior.
Comb.: Dominion day Hist. = Canada Day s.v. CANADA 1.