Synonyms for empire

Grammar : Noun

Spell : em-pahyuhr; for 8–10 also om-peer

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛm paɪər; for 8–10 also ɒmˈpɪər

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Définition of empire

Origin : early 14c., from Old French empire "rule, authority, kingdom, imperial rule," from Latin imperium "rule, command," from imperare "to command," from im- "in" (see in- (2)) + parare "to order, prepare" (see pare).
Not etymologically restricted to "territory ruled by an emperor," but used that way. The Empire, meaning "the British Empire," first recorded 1772 (it officially devolved into "The Commonwealth" in 1931); before that it meant the Holy Roman Empire (1670s). Empire style (especially in reference to a style of dresses with high waistlines) is 1869, from the Second Empire "rule of Napoleon III of France" (1852-70). New York has been called the Empire State since 1834.

noun place ruled by sovereign; rule

Example sentences :

I have sought thy daughter in marriage for Xerxes, prince of the empire.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

What, then, must be the population of the British empire if the increase in one city was at that rate?
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

Still, the empire seems to take its course westward just the same.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

He excludes "the insolence of office," and "the cutpurse of the empire and the rule."
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870 » by Various

And again she laughed, she who was so certain of her empire over this man's heart and body.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

The depressing institutions of that British empire, colonel!'
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

I was already a republican and a freethinker in the days of the Empire.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

We are told that the effort of the Greek, of Aristotle, was to "submit to the empire of fact."
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

The Romans never used coffins, and, under the empire, they burnt most of their dead.
Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright

I myself reign over the land, and am the first among the princes of the empire.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

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