lord over

verb2

1. •
   To dominate; to have the most prominent position among.

   • In that way, the Indo-European language adopted the geographic terms of the Fem-Fertility WV system it came to lord over. — 2010
2. •
   To use something as evidence of one's superiority over.

   • If by chance they come across his method [of study], they inevitably use it to lord over common scholars, with the result that others look up to them in awe. — 2009