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|lshtext=<b>dŏmĭnĭum</b>: ii, n. id..<br /><b>I</b> (Acc. to [[dominus]], II. B. 1.) A [[feast]], [[banquet]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): dominia convivia, Lucil. ap. Non. 281, 25 ([[with]] sodalitia); * Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4 Zumpt N. cr.; S. C. ap. Gell. 2, 24, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Jurid. t. t., [[property]], [[right]] of ownership ([[absolute]] ownership, opp. [[possessio]], cf. Sandars, Just. Inst. Introd. p. 47); esp. [[paramount]] ownership, [[eminent]] [[domain]]: in eo [[solo]] [[dominium]] Populi Romani est vel Caesaris: nos [[autem]] possessionem [[tantum]] habere videmur, Gai. Inst. 2, 7: [[dominium]] et jus eorum qui dederint esse, Liv. 45, 13, 15 (cf.: jus et [[imperium]], Sall. J. 14, 1); Gai. Inst. 1, 54; 2, 40; Cod. Just. 2, 3, 20; Val. Max. 4, 4 init.; cf. Rein's Privatr. p. 129 sq.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Lordship, [[rule]] (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Tobiae, 8, 24; 1 Mac. 11, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Concr., [[lord]], [[master]].—Trop.: incertissima dominia, Sen. Vit. Beat. 5.
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