The Only Use of
dominion
in
Great Expectations
- I dined at what Herbert and I used to call a geographical chop-house, where there were maps of the world in porter-pot rims on every half-yard of the tablecloths, and charts of gravy on every one of the knives,—to this day there is scarcely a single chop-house within the Lord Mayor's dominions which is not geographical,—and wore out the time in dozing over crumbs, staring at gas, and baking in a hot blast of dinners.†
Chpt 47
Definition:
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(dominion) dominance or power over others; or a region or sphere of influence so dominated