domain

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Dominion; empire; authority.

The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used figuratively.

Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne.

Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership.

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Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors. Arthur Schopenhauer

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain. Enya

The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee. Jean Cocteau

The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity. Vernor Vinge

Linux is not in the public domain. Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. That's the way that the license works. Steve Ballmer

Once you have locked your door you are the emperor in your own domain. Mongolian Proverb

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