dominion vs region

dominion

noun
  • A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory. 

  • Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy. 

  • predominance; ascendancy 

  • kingdom 

  • An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones. 

region

noun
  • The inhabitants of a region or district of a country. 

  • Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons. 

  • A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province. 

  • An administrative subdivision of the European Union. 

  • A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture. 

  • A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated. 

  • Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward. 

How often have the words dominion and region occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )