Domain and Setting

Domain

Domain noun - A region of activity, knowledge, or influence.

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Setting and domain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Domain".

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Domain and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Domain" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

old	old domain	old setting
full	full domain	full setting
particular	particular domain	particular setting
common	common domain	common setting
Other adjectives: specific, public, single, entire, dark, main, new, general, different, historical, feudal.

The Ravenloft setting included a domain lord named Bluebeard who, like the namesake fairytale character on which he is based, actually does have a blue beard.

Source: Captain Colorbeard
Similar devices were described in early editions of the setting, but the knowledge of their construction was the exclusive domain of the Squats.

Source: Video Game / Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Historical-Domain Character: Loads of them, though many have been moved from their appropriate time period, per the setting's Anachronism Stew nature.

Source: Tabletop Game / Northern Crown

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