DOMAINS
Noun
domains
plural of domain
Anagrams
• Madison, daimons, dominas, madison
Source: Wiktionary
DOMAIN
Do*main", n. Etym: [F. domaine, OF. demaine, L. dominium, property,
right of ownership, fr. dominus master, owner. See Dame, and cf
Demesne, Dungeon.]
1. Dominion; empire; authority.
2. The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the
possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used
figuratively.
The domain of authentic history. E. Everett.
The domain over which the poetic spirit ranges. J. C. Shairp.
3. Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion
house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne. Shenstone.
4. (Law)
Definition: Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his
own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership.
Public domain, the territory belonging to a State or to the general
government; public lands. [U.S.]in the public domain may be used by
anyone wihout restriction.
– Right of eminent domain, that superior dominion of the sovereign
power over all the property within the state, including that
previously granted by itself, which authorizes it to appropriate any
part thereof to a necessary public use, reasonable compensation being
made.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition