Empire
['empaɪə] or ['ɛmpaɪr]
Definition
(noun.) an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple.
(noun.) a group of countries under a single authority; 'the British created a great empire'.
(noun.) a monarchy with an emperor as head of state.
(noun.) the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised.
Edited by Gene--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.
Editor: Myra
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Sovereignty, supremacy, dominion, absolute authority, supreme dominion, imperial power.[2]. Rule, sway, command, control, government.
Editor: Ned
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dominion, sovereignty, rule, sway, kingdom, realm
ANT:Independence, insurrection, anarchy
Typed by Helga
Definition
n. supreme control or dominion: the territory under the dominion of an emperor.
Checked by Juliana
Examples
- The new empires did not even pretend to be a continuation of the world empire of Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Oh, let us hope, when the Greek Empire is reconstructed, we will have a new Pindar, a new Sophocles, a new Plato. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It reached out far beyond the utmost limits of the empire, into Armenia, Persia, Abyssinia, Ireland, Germany, India, and Turkestan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Over many parts of Europe a sort of legendary overlordship of the Hellenic Eastern Empire held its place in men's minds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- India is still the empire of the Great Mogul, but the Great Mogul has been replaced by the crowned republic of Great Britain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She saw the Israelitish empire exalted, and she saw it annihilated. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The empire of the Great King enters upon a period of decay. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His ambition was to restore the empire of Jengis Khan as he conceived it, a project in which he completely failed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He summoned an assembly or diet of the empire at Worms on the Rhine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With Peter the Great (1682-1725) the empire of Muscovy broke away from her Tartar traditions and entered the sphere of French attraction. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He sees no hope of happiness or peace for mankind until all nations of the earth are comprehended in a single empire. Plato. The Republic.
- The Holy Roman Empire struggled on indeed to the days of Napoleon, but as an invalid and dying thing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This use of the word empire was evidently a different one from its former universal significance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They wanted not safety, but triumph, not world welfare, but world empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The new empires did not even pretend to be a continuation of the world empire of Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is idle to accuse him of leaving education alone, because the idea that empires must be cemented by education was still foreign to human thought. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A small band of alien herdsmen, says Sir Mark Sykes, wandering unchecked through crusades and counter-crusades, principalities, empires, and states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The book from which Felix instructed Safie was Volney's _Ruins of Empires_. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Circumstances are sometimes too strong for the greatest soul, and that genius which should have created empires dies in obscurity. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She measures time, not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise, and prosper and crumble to ruin. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Certain differences between the great empires of the East and West were all in favour of the stability of the former. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The first of all known empires was that founded by the high priest of the god of the Sumerian city of Erech. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She has looked upon the dry bones of a thousand empires, and will see the tombs of a thousand more before she dies. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For a brief time under Odenathus, and then under his widow Zenobia, Palmyra was a considerable state, wedged between the two empires. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This empire extended eastward to Kashgar, and it must have seemed one of the most progressive and hopeful empires of the time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sometimes all India was a patchwork quilt of states; sometimes such empires as that of the Guptas prevailed over great areas. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a quite typical instance of that silly firmness which shatters empires. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The empire of Darius I was larger than any one of the preceding empires whose growth we have traced. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By such treasons against their subjects, empires destroy themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Will