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DOMINION

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Traducere în limba română

dominion substantiv

1. dominaţie, stăpânire, suveranitate, autoritate;

to be under the dominion of a fi sub dominaţia (cu gen.), a fi supus influenţei (cu gen.);

to hold dominion over a stăpâni, a ţine în stare de dependenţă.

2. teritoriu dependent de un alt stat, dominion, colonie.

3. posesiune, proprietate.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

The king, although he be as learned a person as any in his dominions, had been educated in the study of philosophy, and particularly mathematics; yet when he observed my shape exactly, and saw me walk erect, before I began to speak, conceived I might be a piece of clock-work (which is in that country arrived to a very great perfection) contrived by some ingenious artist.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

I was curious to know how this prince, to whose dominions there is no access from any other country, came to think of armies, or to teach his people the practice of military discipline.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

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