Dominion (disambiguation)

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A dominion was a self-governing colony or autonomous state within an empire.

In the British Empire the concept, which was eventually replaced by Commonwealth Realm, referred to

- The Dominion of Newfoundland, the former name of Newfoundland and Labrador prior to it becoming a Canadian province in 1949.
- The Dominion of New Zealand, a disused name for the Realm of New Zealand.
- The Dominion of Canada is similarly the disused name of Canada.
- Other former dominions include Australia, Ireland^{[citation needed]}, and South Africa but while they were referred to as dominions the countries did not use the term in their formal names.

Outside of the British Empire the term was used in:

Dominion may also refer to:

Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy, a book about animal rights by Matthew Scully
Dominion, a novel by Randy Alcorn

In entertainment:

Dominion, an Archangel class assault ship in the anime Gundam SEED
Dominion (Doctor Who), a BBC 8th Doctor novel written by Nick Walters
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, a 2005 film
"Dominion" (Stargate SG-1), an episodes of the TV series Stargate SG-1
Dominion (Star Trek), an interstellar empire in the Star Trek fictional universe
Dominion: Tank Police, an anime and manga series
Dominators, collectively known as the Dominion in DC Comics
Dominion a novel by Steven Savile, second in the Von Carstein Trilogy

In institutions and enterprises:

The Dominion, a transcontinental passenger train operated by Canadian Pacific Railway
The Dominion (newspaper), a newspaper based in Montreal, Canada
The Dominion (Wellington), a former newspaper from Wellington, New Zealand, now The Dominion Post
The Dominion Bank, which later became the Toronto-Dominion Bank
Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, a large insurance company in Canada
Dominion Enterprises, creator and distributor of free periodicals throughout most of the USA
Dominion Institute, a private foundation promoting knowledge of Canadian heritage founded in 1997
Dominion Motor Spirit, a British brand of petrol in the 1920s later acquired by Shell-Mex and BP
Dominion Network, a Canadian radio network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1944-1962)
Dominion Resources, now solely "Dominion", a major utility in Virginia, USA
Dominion Stores, a Canadian supermarket chain founded in 1927, rebranded under the name Metro in 2008-2009. (Separate chain in Newfoundland continues under the Dominion name.)
Dominion Theatre, a theatre in London, England
Dominion Observatory, weather observatory in Ottawa from 1905 to 1970
Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Canadian federal department from 1918 to 1971; replaced with Statistics Canada
Dominion Police, federal police in eastern Canada from 1867 to 1920; merged to form Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Dominion Land Survey, by which Western Canada was surveyed for settlement.

In games:

Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3, a 1998 real-time strategy computer game
Dominions: Priests, Prophets and Pretenders (2002), a computer strategy game series made by Illwinter
- Dominions II: The Ascension Wars (2004)
- Dominions 3: The Awakening (2006)
Terran Dominion, a faction of the Terran race from the real-time strategy game Starcraft
Dominion (2008), a card game by Donald X. Vaccarino published by Rio Grande Games

In music:

Dominion, a mini album by Jakob
Dominion, a British death/doom metal band
Dominion, a Goth rock band
Dominion, a Swedish technical death metal band
Dominion/Mother Russia, a song by The Sisters Of Mercy
Dominion Carillonneur, person responsible for playing the Carillons at the Peace Tower at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

HMS Dominion, a battleship that served in the British Royal Navy from 1905 to 1918.

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