Dictionary![]() ![]() do•min•ionPronunciation: (du-min'yun), [key] —n. 1. the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority. 2. rule; control; domination. 3. a territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway. 4. lands or domains subject to sovereignty or control. 5. Govt.a territory constituting a self-governing commonwealth and being one of a number of such territories united in a community of nations, or empire: formerly applied to self-governing divisions of the British Empire, as Canada and New Zealand. 6. dominions, Theol.domination (def. 3). Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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