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Domain

DOMAIN, n. [L.] 1. Dominion; empire; territory governed, or under the government of a sovereign; as the vast domains of the Russian emperor; the domains of the British king. 2. Possession; estate; as a portion...

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DOMAIN, n. [L.]

1. Dominion; empire; territory governed, or under the government of a sovereign; as the vast domains of the Russian emperor; the domains of the British king.

2. Possession; estate; as a portion of the kings domains.

3. The land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy. In this sense, the word coincides with demain, demesne.

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