Definition of empire

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Empire (n.) Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.

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Cathay :: Cathay (n.) China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.).
Porte :: Porte (n.) The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered..
Particularism :: Particularism (n.) Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.
Empire :: Empire (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..
Mediatize :: Mediatize (v. t.) To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank..
Archmarshal :: Archmarshal (n.) The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony..
Imperial :: Imperial (a.) Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict..
Hilly :: Hilly (a.) Lofty; as, hilly empire..
Seljukian :: Seljukian (a.) Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century..
Kaiser :: Kaiser (n.) The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.
Emperor :: Emperor (n.) The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia..
Logothete :: Logothete () An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department..
Archchancellor :: Archchancellor (n.) A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court..
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe..
Empire :: Empire (n.) Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.
Elector :: Elector (n.) In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor..
Reign :: Reign (n.) The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.
Recess :: Recess (n.) A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
Irenarch :: Irenarch (n.) An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace.
Diadem :: Diadem (n.) Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.
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