have/hold dominion over somebody/something• We were not put on earth to have dominion over the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.
the dominions• On the first occasion he gave the King the result of the consultations with the Cabinet and the Dominions.• No, there had always been routes through from Earth into the Dominions, other than that at the Retreat.• As a consequence, whatever the result the Dominions would be disappointed and disgruntled.• Yet this was the last thing the Dominions would contemplate.