dominions in English

noun

1

sovereignty; control.

man's attempt to establish dominion over nature

synonyms: supremacy, ascendancy, dominance, domination, superiority, predominance, preeminence, hegemony, authority, mastery, control, command, power, sway, rule, government, jurisdiction, sovereignty, suzerainty

2

the territory of a sovereign or government.

the Angevin dominions

synonyms: dependency, colony, protectorate, territory, province, possession, tributary

noun

supremacy, ascendancy, dominance, domination, superiority, predominance, preeminence, hegemony, authority, mastery, control, command, power, sway, rule, government, jurisdiction, sovereignty, suzerainty
dependency, colony, protectorate, territory, province, possession, tributary
district, territory
rule

Use "dominions" in a sentence

1. The chief's son would inherit all his dominions.

2. Yet this was the last thing the Dominions would contemplate.

3. The Ksaharatas also held sway in Gujarat, perhaps just outside Gondophares' dominions.

4. As a consequence, whatever the result the Dominions would be disappointed and disgruntled.

5. He had done little except reiterate his protests against Philip's invasion of his dominions.

6. 18 As a consequence, whatever the result the Dominions would be disappointed and disgruntled.

7. Bey ( plural Beys ) ( historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions quotations

8. Clovis then remained master of the dominions of Syagrius and took up his residence at Soissons

9. Fifty-eight British colonies and dominions have taken part, making this the largest exhibition staged anywhere in the world.

10. Alcuin became one of the richest men in his dominions, and Englebert received one of his daughters in marriage

11. Under Colonialism, one stronger nation acquires power and authority over a weaker nation and the dominions expand and establish their command throughout the dominated region

12. The Golden Horde lost all of its western dominions (including modern Belarus and Ukraine) to Poland and Lithuania between 1342 and 1369.

13. An "Alien" in English law denoted any person born outside of the monarch's dominions and who did not owe allegiance to the monarch

14. In medieval Angelology, Angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archAngels, and Angels).

15. It Behooveth Thy grace and Thy bounty that have compassed Thy dominions on earth and in heaven, to vouchsafe unto Thy newly welcomed one Thy gifts and Thy bestowals, and …

16. In his 1617 work An itinerary thorow Twelve Dominions, Moryson describes the "wild Irish", and in this case their supposed habit of eating shamrock is a result of their marginal hand-to-mouth existence as bandits.

17. Towards the end of the last century the friars were again established in the dominions of the Negus, chiefly through the exertions of the celebrated Capuchin missionary afterwards known as Cardinal Massaïa.

18. Bemourn unknown Regret It is sad, but true that years bring limited opinions over overt lost last time & divided differing dominions that nobody believe & world leaders do not Bemourn grieving over mistakes in a long year's sojourn .

19. Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his Abdication in December of the same year.

20. “The king said, ‘If thou Appreciatest the kindness I have done thee, come at once and visit my dominions; after that, go and visit thy father.’ She said, ‘Very well; I consent to what you say.’ Thereupon the king brought heir with him to his capital

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22. Seraphim Cherubim Thrones Dominions Virtues Powers Principalities Archangels Angels [I]t was shown above (Summa Theologiae I-I q55, a3), in treating of the Angelic knowledge, that the superior angels have a more universal knowledge of the truth than the inferior angels.This universal knowledge has three grades among the angels.

23. It Behooveth Thy grace and Thy bounty that have compassed Thy dominions on earth and in heaven, to vouchsafe unto Thy newly welcomed one Thy gifts and Thy bestowals, and the fruits of the tree of Thy grace! Powerful art Thou to do as Thou willest, there is none other God but Thee,

24. It Behooveth Thy grace and Thy bounty that have compassed Thy dominions on earth and in heaven, to vouchsafe unto Thy newly welcomed one Thy gifts and Thy bestowals, and the fruits of the tree of Thy grace! Powerful art Thou to do as Thou willest, there is none other God but Thee, the Gracious, the Most Bountiful, the Compassionate, the