Bible Dictionaries
Dominant

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.

(2):

(a.) Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dominant'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dominant.html. 1828.