dominion

Etymology

From Middle English dominion, from Middle French dominion, from Latin dominium (“lordship, right of ownership”), from dominus (“lord”), from domus (“house”). See demain, demesne, domain, dominium.

noun

1. Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
   To choose between dominion or slavery. 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides Translated into English
2. predominance; ascendancy
3. (sometimes figurative) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
   the dominions of a king  the dominion of the passions
4. (taxonomy) kingdom
5. (Christianity) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.