Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DO-MIN'ION, n. [L. dominium. See Dominant.]

1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling. The dominion of the Most High is an everlasting dominion. – Dan. iv.
2. Power to direct, control, use and dispose of at pleasure; right of possession and use without being accountable; as, the private dominion of individuals. – Locke.
3. Territory under a government; region; country; district governed, or within the limits of the authority of a prince or state; as, the British dominions.
4. Government; right of governing. Jamaica is under the dominion of Great Britain.
5. Predominance; ascendant. – Dryden.
6. An order of angels. Whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers. – Col. i.
7. Persons governed. Judah was his sanctuary; Israel his dominion. – Ps. cxiv.