Both Uses of
dominion
in
The Masque of the Red Death
- When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys.†
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- And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(dominion) dominance or power over others; or a region or sphere of influence so dominated
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Dominion may also be used as part of a name or to describe a self-governing nation that recognizes the British monarch.