Sentences with phrase «held dominion»

The need to defend its right to participate in the East India trade had arisen in the course of the young Dutch republic's war of independence against Spain, which by then held dominion over Portugal and regarded the Dutch as no more than rebellious subjects.

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.

For 140 million years prior to the Cenozoic Era, dinosaurs held dominion over the land, as their stage was prepared by the great extinction at the end of the Permian Period.

He believed in a hierarchy of saints who held dominion over the divisions of the world of Islam, saints who had their jealousies, conflicts, and divided loyalties and were kept in check by a balance of power.

I've always wanted to find an american christian evangelical who believes and follows the quote — that women should hold no dominion over men — and ask them if they voted for McCain.

And, obviously, letting one book or expert hold dominion over our own gut feelings has the effect you describe so well in your post, and that's not right either.

Now the aliens hold dominion over the Earth, building shining cities that promise a brilliant future for humanity on the surface, while hiding a sinister intent below and eliminating all who don't fall in like with their new order.

Would we be better off with such an omnipotent entity in the world if we could create it, or is humanity being the one who hold dominion over the world the ideal that we should strive to attain?

In the world of Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido, the sinister Empire holds dominion, controlling the consumption of sushi with an iron grip, and denying it entirely to the inhabitants of the vanquished Republic.

The generations - old conflict between the two tribes is an age - old one: The posterity of Cain believes humankind holds dominion over the Earth and its resources; the line of Seth believes they are stewards of creation.

Each card shows the name of the star and the area of the environment that it holds dominion over.

In Aristoi, by New York Times bestselling author Walter Jon Williams, an elite class holds dominion over a glittering interstellar culture with virtual reality, genetic engineering, faster - than - light travel, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, telepathic links with computers, and more.

«She was one of those women who needed to hold dominion over something smaller than her, and that was always the whole problem between us.

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Although I can't quite pinpoint where it came from, I definitely held what I'll call a «dominion view» of the relationship between Christians and creation.

It is God the Father holding «dominion over all things,» a dominion he «exercises through his Word.»

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.

In the September - October 1975 issue of Faith Magazine, Fr Holloway wrote: «To my mind, it is a blessing that our Bishops have not yet allowed ICEL complete and total dominion, although for how long can NLC hold out?»

The present rulers of this age are not happy with the arrival of the Rightful King, and so they fight with tooth and claw to hold on to their power, dominion, and authority.

Most of Asia was under the control of one European power or another, and the Europeans themselves didn't have a good track record for their treatment of the people held under their dominion.

Provided always and it is hereby enacted That all and every Person and Persons who shall or may take or inherit the said Crown by vertue of the Limitation of this present Act and is are or shall be reconciled to or shall hold Communion with the See or Church of Rome... should be excluded and are by that Act made for ever incapable to inherit possess or enjoy the Crown and Government of this Realm and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging or any part of the same or to have use or exercise any regall Power Authority or Jurisdiction within the same.

While the trailer has confirmed that this franchise will hold sole dominion over the descriptor of «irreverent» for the near future, the addition of John Wick co-director David Leitch should kick the action sequences up several notches.

The setting takes place in the late 12th Century, between the second and third of the Crusades, whereby the Europeans would try to take hold of power in the Middle East, believing it to be the will of God to lay dominion there.

Is there a way out or are you trapped forever?Set in the mid-twentieth century South Africa amidst the bitter three - way struggle for dominion between the Boers, British, and black South Africans, An Examined Life is a tale of extraordinary courage shown by a remarkable white man, who dared to challenge the status quo, forsaking everything he had worked so hard to achieve, and what most people would hold dear above everything else.

I'm sure there are many others who hold that view, and who'd point out that man — by virtue of that «dominion» he has over other animals, by virtue of being the superior, more developed being, by virtue of his position atop civilized society — has every right to chow down on his dog when trapped in the wilderness with no other options available.

I personally liked playing the 4v4 dominion mode, where you have to dominate the map by capturing and holding three sections.

It's interesting that the law saying that Catholics may not «have, use, or exercise any regal power, authority, or jurisdiction within» the dominions has not prevented Catholics from holding office as Governors General of Canada.

I firmly believe that God will one day hold us accountable for the way we treat those over whom we have dominion.