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# dominion

«dominion» in Mova's school dictionary: **Power or control over people, land or things: «have…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (dominion, dominions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Power or control over people, land or things: «have dominion over». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominion/#m1)

2) A land or territory ruled by a king or government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominion/#m2)

3) (history) «Dominion» was the name for some self-governing countries of the British Empire, such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominion/#m3)

4) (Bible) In Genesis, God gives people dominion over the animals, which many Christians understand as a duty to care for creation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominion/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history: kings ruled over dominions; Canada was once called the Dominion of Canada. In religious education: the Genesis account of dominion, and the idea of stewardship (looking after the earth). Phrases: «dominion over», «under the dominion of», «Dominion Day».

### examples

- The king had dominion over all the land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominion/#x1)
- In Genesis, God gives people dominion over the fish, birds and animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominion/#x2)
- Many Christians believe dominion means caring for creation, not harming it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominion/#x3)
- Canada was once called a Dominion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominion/#x4)
- The emperor's dominions stretched across the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominion/#x5)
- The dragon held dominion over the mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominion/#x6)

### note

Formal and historical. Countable for a land. Related words: «dominate», «domain». Pronounced doh-MIN-yun.

### In the corpora

- [In 1867 several colonies joined to form the Dominion of Canada, which is celebrated every year on Canada Day, 1 July.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/39-canada-a-short-story/10/)
- [And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.886/)
- [Then made He a remnant to have dominion over the nobles and the people; the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.133/)
- [David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to establish his dominion at the river Euphrates.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.211/)
- [Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.91/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dominion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.