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Antonyms for empire

Grammar : Noun
Spell : em-pahyuhr; for 8–10 also om-peer
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛm paɪər; for 8–10 also ɒmˈpɪər

Definition 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

Synonyms for empire

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