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Domain

Dominion; empire; authority.

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Academe 76% connected

An academy.

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Archduchy 76% connected

The territory of an archduke or archduchess.

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Bailiwick 76% connected

The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

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Barony 76% connected

The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.

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Discipline 76% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

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Distaff 76% connected

The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.

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Duchy 76% connected

The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.

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Dukedom 76% connected

The territory of a duke.

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Earldom 76% connected

The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.

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Empire 76% connected

Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.

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Field 76% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Front 76% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Khanate 76% connected

Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan.

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Kingdom 76% connected

The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Lap 76% connected

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

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Preserve 76% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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Princedom 76% connected

The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince.

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Principality 76% connected

Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station.

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Province 76% connected

A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy.

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Realm 76% connected

A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Responsibility 76% connected

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Subject 76% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Suzerainty 76% connected

The dominion or authority of a suzerain; paramount authority.

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Viscounty 76% connected

The quality, rank, or office of a viscount.

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Environment 76% connected

Act of environing; state of being environed.

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Stratum 76% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Country 70% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Land 70% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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State 70% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Area 92% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Arena 92% connected

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered w…

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Demesne 92% connected

A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining,…

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Field 92% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Land 92% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Orbit 92% connected

The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

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Sphere 92% connected

A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.

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World 92% connected

The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.

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