At the end of the creation account, God gives dominion over the earth to mankind — the pinnacle of His creation. (redeeminggod.com)
Pius XII, in a further clarification of the standard argument, holds that when the State, acting by its ministerial power, uses the death penalty, it does not exercise dominion over human life but only recognizes that the criminal, by a kind of moral suicide, has deprived himself of the right to life. (firstthings.com)
What started out as a somewhat simple story involving genetic memory and a secret war between a cadre of assassins and the Knights Templar has spiraled out into a nearly convoluted tale about space Romans who held dominion over Man until they rebelled and Adam and Eve became the first Assassins. (darkstation.com)