Those angels who compose the highest choir of the second or intermediate order of angels. It is difficult to distinguish their special duties from those of the Powers and Virtues, with whom they are associated in this order of the angelic hierarchy. To the Dominations, however, is generally attributed authority to direct the other two in the performance of their allotted tasks.
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