dominion

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy. countable,uncountable
    — And at the end of the dayes, I Nebuchad-nezzar lift vp mine eyes vnto heauen, and mine vnderſtanding returned vnto me, and I bleſſed the moſt high, and I praiſed, and honoured him that liueth for euer, whoſe dominion is an euerlaſting dominion, and his kingdome is from generation to generation.
  2. Predominance; ascendancy. countable,uncountable
    — Objects placed foremost ought […] have dominion over things which are confus'd and transient.
  3. A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory. countable,figuratively,sometimes,uncountable
    — the dominions of a king  the dominion of the passions
  4. kingdom countable,uncountable
  5. An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones. countable,uncountable
    — For by him were all things created[…], whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.

词形变化

dominions plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Colony and Dominion of Virginia dominionism dominionist dominionistic dominionless Dominion of New Zealand dominion theology interdominion predominion
相关词
dominate domination dominator domineering domino subdominion

词源

From Middle English dominion, from Middle French dominion, from Latin dominium (“lordship, right of ownership”), from dominus (“lord”), from domus (“house”). See demain, demesne, domain, dominium.
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