Noun: dominion du'mi-nyun
- Dominance or power through legal authority
"France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa";
- rule, raj [Asia]
- A region marked off for administrative or other purposes
"The territorial dominion of the empire stretched across three continents";
- district, territory, territorial dominion
- One of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
Derived forms: Dominions, dominions
Type of: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, body politic, commonwealth, control, country, dominance, land, nation, region, res publica, state
Encyclopedia: Dominion, Yukon