dominium

Borrowed from Latin dominium.

dominium (countable and uncountable, plural dominiums)

1. The ownership of a thing.
2. (biology, taxonomy) The highest category in the classification of organisms, ranking above regnum.

   Synonym: domain

   • 2012, Eduardo N. Esteban, Mirentxu Indart, Silvia Cerone, G. de Yaniz, Ana G. Inza, Herminia Landi, Silvina Mogni, Marcela Juliarena, Leticia Igarza, “Production and Biochemestry - Molecular Analysis of Microbial Community Fermenting Whey as a Potential Probiotic for Use Animals”, in Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine‎, volume 2, number 3, →DOI, page 104:

     The MC was composed of agents from different separated Dominium like Bacteria (Lactobacillum) and Eukaria (yeast).

   • 2013, Sara Carillo, phD Thesis in Chemical Sciences: XXV cycle: Extremophile bacteria glycolipids: structure and biological activity‎, University of Naples “Federico II”: Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, page 3:

     Extremophilic organisms may be located in all the three dominia and include prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells.

   • 2004, Extremophiles 2004: 5th International Conference on Extremophiles‎, Washington, USA: American Society for Microbiology, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 82:

     Several aerobic and anaerobic, thermophilic, microorganisms belonging to the Eubacteria and Archaea dominia were isolated from thermal springs of the Eolian Islands.

3. Political unit

   Synonym: domain

   • 2009, Margaret R.L.L. Kelly, “Constitutions and the Classics: Sir John Fortescue”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:

     However, this does not mean that these are the only types of kingdoms, nor that only kingdoms are dominiums.

   • 2016, Tahir Ahmad Dhindsa, “Education for Sustainable Development: Challenges in Pakistan”, in Reorienting Educational Efforts for Sustainable Development, page 165:

     The Indian Sub-continent was partitioned in August 1947 to create two independent, sovereign dominiums, India and Pakistan.

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• “dominium”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “dominium”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

From dominus (“master, lord”) +‎ -ium.

dominium n (genitive dominiī or dominī); second declension

1. feast, banquet

   Synonyms: convīvium, epulum, epulae, cōmissātiō, fēsta, daps

2. rule, dominion
3. ownership
4. (biology) domain, dominium
   • [August 1974, Royall T. Moore, Taxon, volume 23, number 4, →DOI, page 650:

     A proposal is made to recognize super ranks, including the new rank of dominion (Dominium) above that of the kingdom (Regnum) and to designate suffixes for those of superfamily and above.]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• “dominium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dominium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dominium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• dominium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “dominium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dominium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Learned borrowing from Latin dominium. Doublet of domena (“domain”).

• IPA^(key): /dɔˈmi.ɲum/

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• Rhymes: -iɲum
• Syllabification: do‧mi‧nium

dominium n

1. (historical) dominion (one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire)
2. (historical) dominium (large land or forest estate belonging to a king or powerful families in medieval Poland)
3. (historical) demesne, domain (lord's chief manor place)

   Synonym: domena

4. (Ancient Rome, historical) dominium (full authority of the head of the house over slaves and things)

• dominium in Polish dictionaries at PWN