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nouna region marked off for administrative or other purposes
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"France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"noundominance or power through legal authority
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nounone of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealthtype of:
Definition that contains dominion
- empire the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- raj British dominion over India (1757-1947)
- reign royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- sovereignty royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- imperium supreme authority; absolute dominion
- imperium the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- dominion day a legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867
- july 1 a legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867
- papal states the temporal dominions belonging to the pope (especially in central Italy)
- suzerain a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs