domination

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DOMINATION, noun [Latin] 1. The exercise of power in ruling; dominion; government. 2. Arbitrary authority; tyranny. 3. One highly exalted in power; or the fourth order of angelic beings. Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.
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