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{{short description|Class of angels}}
[[File:Mosaici del battistero, angeli, dominazioni.jpg|thumb|right|A mosaic meant to portray dominions at the [[Florence Baptistery]].]]

In [[Christian angelology]], '''dominions''' or '''dominations''' (lat. ''dominatio'', plural ''dominationes'', also translated from the Greek term ''kyriotētes'', [[plural|pl.]] of ''kyriotēs'', as "Lordships")<ref>{{cite book |last1=Guiley |first1=Rosemary |title=Encyclopedia of Angels |date=1996 |publisher=Facts on File, Incorporated |location=New York, New York}}</ref> are a class of [[angel]]s. They are mentioned in the [[Bible]], as stated in {{bibleverse||Colossians|1:16|KJV}}: 

{{blockquote|"For by him were all things created, that are in [[heaven]], and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be [[Throne (angel)|thrones]], or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him."}}

[[Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite]] ranks dominions as 4th in his [[Hierarchy of angels|angelic hierarchy]].<ref>[[Gustav Davidson|Davidson, Gustav]]. (1967). [https://archive.org/details/ADictionaryOfAngels/page/n123/mode/2up A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels]. p. 97.</ref>

Dominions are seen in the [[Seven heavens|Seventh Heaven]] by [[Enoch]] according to the [[2 Enoch|Second Book of Enoch]].<ref>Rutherford H. Platt, Jr. (1926). [[The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden]]. Entry: [https://sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe127.htm The Book of the Secrets of Enoch, chapter XX].</ref>

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{{Hierarchy of angels}}
{{Angels in Abrahamic religions}}

[[Category:Angels in Christianity]]
[[Category:Classes of angels]]
[[Category:Epistle to the Colossians]]


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