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- Dictionarydominion/dəˈmɪnɪən/
noun
- 1. sovereignty or control: "man's attempt to establish dominion over nature" Similar
- 2. the territory of a sovereign or government: "the Angevin dominions" Similar
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A dominion was any of several largely self-governing countries of the British Empire, known collectively as the Commonwealth of Nations. Progressing from colonies, their degrees of colonial self-governance increased unevenly over the late 19th century through the 1930s. Vestiges of empire lasted in some dominions well into the late 20th century. With the evolution of the British Empire following t... Wikipedia