dominion Definition

dominion
noun

1. Rule; power; influence.

Thesaurus: power, authority, jurisdiction, control, rule, sway, reign, sovereignty, supremacy.
2. A territory or country governed by a single ruler or government.
3. formerly
A self-governing colony within the British Empire.
4. In the traditional medieval hierarchy of nine ranks of angels: an angel of the fourth-highest rank. Compare seraph, cherub, throne, virtue, power, principality, archangel, angel.

Etymology: 15c: from Latin dominium ownership.