dəˈmɪnjən
Sovereign authority, control, or rule; territory under sovereign rule.
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister
Matthew 20:25-26, KJV
Man therefore, whom You have made after Your own image, received not dominion over the lights of heaven, nor over that hidden heaven itself, nor over the day and the night, which You called before the foundation of the heaven, nor over the gathering together of the waters, which is the sea; but Adam received dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and over all cattle, and over all the earth, and over all creeping things which creep upon the earth.
Augustine, Confessions
Attend to them now that the good things of this life are in thy hands; for wealth and dominion are passing from one hand into another.
Saadi, Gulistan
Munificence is the duty of a king, that the people may assemble around him, and clemency, that they may rest secure under the asylum of his dominion and fortune
Saadi, Gulistan
dominion /dominion/
Old French, France
dominioun /dominioun/
Middle English, England
dominium /dominium/
Classical Latin, Rome