Yertle the Turtle held dominion over all he could see. From LearnThat.org.
France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
So, the term dominion shouldn't be obscure at best to your students. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Richmond, the principal city of the old dominion, is about. From Wordnik.com. [The Civil War in America] Reference
In the recreational game of Risk, world dominion is the goal. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Election Prospects in Canada] Reference
His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away. From Wordnik.com. [RCIA Presentation: The Old Testament] Reference
The time when ruling powers could threaten their way to dominion is gone forever. From Wordnik.com. [Presentation Speech - The Nobel Peace Prize 2003] Reference
What, if the more potent of these fraternal deities should obtain dominion over it?. From Wordnik.com. [II.7] Reference
Burgundy joined to Provence — a dominion from the German Ocean to the Mediterranean!. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Geierstein] Reference
An insatiable desire of wealth and dominion is that which carries him on in this undertaking. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
In other cases, such as death by choice in a medical context, no moral dominion is recognized. From Wordnik.com. [Death, Legal and Illegal] Reference
God's firm and universal dominion is a pledge that He will keep His promises (Ps 11: 4; 47: 8). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Seeming at variance with Da 7: 14, "His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away.". From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
A parent certainly has the right to control the behavior of a child, but this dominion is fated to weaken with every day. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Your Doctor About Hetracil] Reference
Other reigns are confined to one generation, and other dynasties to a few generations, but God's dominion is from generation to generation. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
The domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised. From Wordnik.com. [Mueller on Iraq, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
His dominion was the more real for being less apparent. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles] Reference
Herod the Edomite over Israel can hardly be called the dominion of. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
His dominion is the earth, and the emphasis placed upon this circumstance is significant. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
I think his point was that Canada was more properly referred to as a dominion at the time. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Ability to respond adaptively to more elements in the environment gives a larger dominion, that is all. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
And as the right of possession is called dominion so the right of doing any action is called authority. From Wordnik.com. [Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill] Reference
And as the right of possession is called dominion, so the right of doing any action is called authority. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XVI. Of Persons, Authors, and Things Personated] Reference
The unlucky few in his dominion are the only humans unlucky enough to meet King Augeas where he lives now. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Furies] Reference
Parent’s rightful dominion is over the actions of the minor child, not over the mind of the adult offspring. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Your Doctor About Hetracil] Reference
But it is as clear that the great promise of an eternal dominion, which is emphatically repeated thrice, goes far beyond him. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII] Reference
If current neoconservative/neoliberal free market dominion is allowed to evolve unchecked, it’s democracy that will be lost. From Wordnik.com. [Did Christianity cause the recession? « Dating Jesus] Reference
Polycrates, although the seat of his dominion was a small island in the Ægean Sea, was a very wealthy, and powerful, and prosperous prince. From Wordnik.com. [Darius the Great Makers of History] Reference
When Eggebeen says, "The word 'dominion' - one of the words related in our English language would be what?. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Both begrudge any other kind of dominion held by man over man. From Wordnik.com. [Barchester Towers] Reference
It's all about getting and using power to create "build God's" dominion "on earth". From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Holds Private Conference Call With Her Super-Dels: "I Know This Is Not Easy"] Reference
But under this kind of dominion it is quite unnecessary to divide all the inhabitants into clans. From Wordnik.com. [A Political Treatise] Reference
A State may not give to a man the kind of dominion over his wife that parents exercise over their children. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Limbaugh Attacks ThinkProgress’ “Extreme” Alito Coverage] Reference
The idea of domination or "dominion" has long fueled the mindless destruction of our natural resources and environment. From Wordnik.com. [Pro-Global Warming Christians Cannot Be Pro "Family Values"] Reference
They believe that, in mass societies, it's only the elites who matter, the political leaders who can build God's "dominion" on earth. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Advisers Pushing Wright Controversy To Super-Delegates] Reference
dominion theologians interpret this passage to mean that believers are entitled to "dominion" over all the world's major institutions. From Wordnik.com. [The Warring Visions of the Religious Right] Reference
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