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noun

Empire n.

1.

Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. "The empire of the sea." "Over hell extend His empire, and with iron scepter rule."

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."

3.

Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason. "Under the empire of facts." "Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with chivalry the empire over the minds of men."

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.

Synonyms: Sway; dominion; rule; control; reign; sovereignty; government; kingdom; realm; state.

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"Empire" Quotes from Famous Books

... The thrush departs Scared, and the offended nightingale is mute. There is a public mischief in your mirth; It plagues your country. Folly such as yours, Graced with a sword, and worthier of a fan, Has made, which enemies could ne'er have done, Our arch of empire, steadfast but for you, A mutilated structure, soon ...

— The Task and Other Poems • William Cowper

... individually, and repeatedly that never had any one seen anything in Pine Creek so glorious as even the dimmest shadow of this feast; and as we reiterated our assurance, I doubt if any man in all the British Empire was prouder or more justified in his pride than our Cheon. Cook and gardener forsooth! Cheon was Cheon, and only Cheon; and there is no word in the English language to define Cheon or the position he filled, simply because there was never ...

— We of the Never-Never • Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn

... an immigrant in 1850, is to-day owner of 14,539,000 acres of the richest land in California and Oregon. It embraces more than 22,500 square miles, a territory three times as large as New Jersey. The stupendous land frauds in all of the Western and Pacific States by which capitalists obtained "an empire of land, timber and mines" are amply described in numerous documents of the period. These land thieves, as was developed in official investigations, had their tools and associates in the Land Commissioner's office, in the Government executive ...

— Great Fortunes from Railroads • Gustavus Myers

... crown in the case of Charles the Bald (the imperial supremacy that Charlemagne had obtained in reality implied the eventual supremacy of the pope); how an opportunity which occurred for reconstructing the empire of the West under Charles the Fat was thwarted by the imbecility of that sovereign, an imbecility so great that his nobles were obliged to depose him; how, thereupon, a number of new kingdoms arose, and Europe fell, by an inevitable necessity, into ...

— History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) - Revised Edition • John William Draper

... of being the poor worms the like of you and me thought we was, we turns out to be visible departments of a great and haughty empire.' ...

— Echoes of the War • J. M. Barrie

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