Dominie

[From Lat. dominus.] In Scotland, a term bestowed on a schoolmaster, man of erudition, or pedagogue. "Prodigious! cried the dominie ." - Scott . -It is also applied, in Scotland, to a person in holy orders; as, the dominie of a parish. Dominion, (do-min'yun,) n. [Lat. dominium , from dominus, a lord.] Sovereign or supreme authority; power of ruling, governing, or controlling; sovereign control; rule; authority; right of po e ion and use, without accountability; empire. "The sun never sets on my dominions." - Emperor Charles V. -Predominance; ascendency; superior power; preponderance. - District governed, or within the limits of the authority of a reigning prince or ruler; territory; country; region; as, the Dominion of Canada. An order of angels, or governing power highly exalted. "Thrones, dominions , principalities, or powers." - Col. i. 16. Dom'in is, MARC-ANTONIO DE, a Jesuit and physician of Dalmatia, was the first to explain the rainbow. B. 1566; D. 1624.