EMPIRE
\ˈɛmpa͡ɪ͡ə], \ˈɛmpaɪə], \ˈɛ_m_p_aɪə]\
Definitions of EMPIRE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the domain ruled by an emperor or empress
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an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple
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a group of countries under a single authority; "the British empire"
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a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
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a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
By Princeton University
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the domain ruled by an emperor or empress
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an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple
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a group of countries under a single authority; "the British empire"
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a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.
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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.
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Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.
By Oddity Software
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Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.
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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.
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Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.
By Noah Webster.
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The region ruled over by an emperor or sovereign; supreme power or dominion; imperial rule or sovereignty; sway; control.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Dominions of an emperor; sovereignty.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Supreme control or sway; the territory, region, or countries under the sway of an emperor, usually of greater extent than a kingdom; the people of an empire; the German Empire, called also the Holy Roman Empire; any region, land, or water under sway.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The dominions of an emperor, usually including several nations or nationalities; dominion; supreme control; governing influence or command.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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HEREDITAMENTS
- Tilings capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal,real, personal, mixed, and including not only lands everything thereon, but alsolieir-looms, certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir togetherwith (he land. Co. Litt. 5b; 2 Bl. Comm. 17; Nell is v. Munson, 108 N. Y. 453, 15 E.730; Owens Lewis, 40 Ind. 508, Am. Rep. 205; Whitlock Greacen. 4S J. Eq.350. 21 Atl. 944; Mitchell Warner, 5 Conn. 407; New York Mabie, 13 150, 04Am. Dec. 53S. Estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, mixed and including not only lands everything thereon, but also heir looms, certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir, together with land. Co. Litt. 5 b; 1 Tho. 219; 2 Bl. Com. 17. this term such things are denoted, as subject-matter inheritance, inheritance itself; cannot therefore, its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate, prima facie a life into fee. B. & P. 251; 8 T. R. 503; 219, note Hereditaments are divided into corporeal and incorporeal. confined to lands. (q. v.) Vide Incorporeal hereditaments, Shep. To. 91; Cruise's Dig. tit. 1, s. 1; Wood's Inst.221; 3 Kent, Com. 321; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 1 Chit. Pr. 203-229; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1595, et seq.