empire






empire: n.
1 an extensive group of States or countries under a single supreme authority, esp. an emperor.
2 a supreme dominion. b (often foll. by over) archaic absolute control.
3 a large commercial organization etc. owned or directed by one person or group.
4 (the Empire) hist. a the British Empire. b the Holy Roman Empire.
5 a type or period of government in which the sovereign is called emperor.
6 (Empire) (attrib.) a denoting a style of furniture or dress fashionable during the first (1804-14) or second (1852-70) French Empire. b Brit. denoting produce from the Commonwealth. řempire-builder a person who deliberately acquires extra territory, authority, etc. esp. unnecessarily. Empire Day hist. the former name of Commonwealth Day, orig.
24 May. [ME f. OF f. L imperium rel. to imperare: see EMPEROR]

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