1 a self-governing country of the British Commonwealth -- statssamfunn, maktområde
the Dominion of Canada.
We in the dominions will have no reason to quarrel with anybody.
Can anyone point to a single instance where this kind of joint dominions has succeeded?
At the same time, it was difficult, if not dangerous, to deny the developing sense of dominion identity.
Accepting the town's claim to dominion helped communities safeguard their lands and a degree of autonomy.
A claim of dominion was used, in turn, to legitimise the town's right to call on the indigenous population for labour service.
The liberals saw dominion as legitimating labour service in a situation where access to labour and municipal revenues were limited.
When they lost the ability to make these distinctions, they lost one of the keys to their enduring dominion.
Dialects (not registers) can have a holistic regional dominion.
