dominion
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dominion/dəˈmɪniən/
▶noun
- 1 sovereignty; control.
- 2 the territory of a sovereign or government.
■ (Dominion) historical a self-governing territory of the British Commonwealth.
– origin ME: via OFr. from med. L. dominio(n-), from L. dominium, from dominus ‘lord, master’.
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