Meaning of EMPIRE
| Pronunciation: | | 'empIr
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- [n] an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple
- [n] a group of countries under a single authority; "the British empire"
- [n] a group of diverse companies run as a single organization
- [n] a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
- [n] the domain ruled by an emperor or empress
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| | See Also: | | authorities, corp, corporation, demesne, dessert apple, domain, eating apple, Egypt, Egyptian Empire, government, land, monarchy, Ottoman Empire, Persia, Persian Empire, publishing conglomerate, publishing empire, regime, Roman Empire, Russia, Turkish Empire | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Em"pire\, n. [F., fr. L. imperium a command,
sovereignty, dominion, empire, fr. imperare. See {Emperor};
cf. {Imperial}.]
1. Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. ``The empire
of the sea.'' --Shak.
Over hell extend His empire, and with iron scepter
rule. --Milton.
2. The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries
under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely
of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom,
always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the
forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate
portions; as, the Austrian empire.
Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and
complicated government. --C. J. Smith.
3. Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule;
sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason. ``Under the
empire of facts.'' --M. Arnold.
Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with
chivalry the empire over the minds of men. --A. W.
Ward.
{Celestial empire}. See under {Celestial}.
{Empire City}, a common designation of the city of New York.
{Empire State}, a common designation of the State of New
York.
Syn: Sway; dominion; rule; control; reign; sovereignty;
government; kingdom; realm; state.
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| | Definition: | | Any of a family of military simulations derived from a game written by Peter Langston many years ago. Five or six multi-player variants of varying degrees of sophistication exist, and one single-player version implemented for both Unix and VMS; the latter is even available as MS-DOS freeware. All are notoriously addictive. [Jargon File] |
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| | Related Terms: | | administration, ally, archduchy, archdukedom, authority, body politic, buffer state, caliphate, captive nation, chieftaincy, chieftainry, city-state, civil government, claws, clutches, colony, command, commonweal, commonwealth, control, country, county, czardom, direction, discipline, dispensation, disposition, domain, dominion, duchy, dukedom, earldom, emperorship, empery, form of government, free city, governance, government, grand duchy, grip, hand, hands, imperialism, iron hand, jurisdiction, kaiserdom, kinghood, kingship, land, majesty, management, mandant, mandate, mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, nation, nationality, oversight, polis, political organization, polity, possession, power, principality, principate, protectorate, province, puppet government, puppet regime, queenhood, queenship, raj, rajaship, realm, regime, regimen, regnancy, regulation, reign, republic, royalty, rule, satellite, seneschalty, settlement, sovereign nation, sovereignty, state, sultanate, sultanship, superpower, supervision, sway, system of government, talons, territory, the crown, the throne, toparchia, toparchy |
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