the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.

rule; control; domination.

a territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway.

lands or domains subject to sovereignty or control.

Government . 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.

dominions, Theology . domination ( def. 3 ) .

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