EMPIRE. This word signifies, first, authority or command; it is the power to command or govern those actions of men which would otherwise be free; secondly, the country under the government of an emperor but sometimes it is used to designate a country subject to kingly power, as the British empire. Wolff, Inst. Sec. 833.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

empire

Any of a family of military simulations derived from a game written by Peter Langston many years ago. Five or six multi-player variants of varying degrees of sophistication exist, and one single-player version implemented for both Unix and VMS; the latter is even available as MS-DOS freeware. All are notoriously addictive.

[Jargon File]

(1995-08-06)

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
 

Empire, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 3903
Housing Units (2000): 1214
Land area (2000): 1.584183 sq. miles (4.103015 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.584183 sq. miles (4.103015 sq. km)
FIPS code: 22622
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 37.644298 N, 120.907592 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Empire, CA Empire

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Empire, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 355
Housing Units (2000): 179
Land area (2000): 0.252498 sq. miles (0.653967 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.252498 sq. miles (0.653967 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24620
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.760319 N, 105.682995 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Empire, CO Empire

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Empire, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 300
Housing Units (2000): 139
Land area (2000): 0.328554 sq. miles (0.850952 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.328554 sq. miles (0.850952 sq. km)
FIPS code: 25368
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.510729 N, 80.623446 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Empire, OH Empire

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Empire, LA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Louisiana
Population (2000): 2211
Housing Units (2000): 923
Land area (2000): 5.321991 sq. miles (13.783894 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.345763 sq. miles (6.075499 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.667754 sq. miles (19.859393 sq. km)
FIPS code: 23725
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 29.398586 N, 89.608501 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Empire, LA Empire

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Empire, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 378
Housing Units (2000): 276
Land area (2000): 1.150843 sq. miles (2.980669 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.085745 sq. miles (0.222079 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.236588 sq. miles (3.202748 sq. km)
FIPS code: 25980
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 44.810749 N, 86.059044 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49630
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Empire, MI Empire

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Empire \Em"pire\, n. [F., fr. L. imperium a command, sovereignty, dominion, empire, fr. imperare. See Emperor; cf. Imperial.]

1. Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. "The empire of the sea." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Over hell extend His empire, and with iron scepter rule. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and complicated government. --C. J. Smith. [1913 Webster]

3. Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason. "Under the empire of facts." --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]

Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with chivalry the empire over the minds of men. --A. W. Ward. [1913 Webster]

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.

Syn: Sway; dominion; rule; control; reign; sovereignty; government; kingdom; realm; state. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

101 Moby Thesaurus words for "empire": administration, ally, archduchy, archdukedom, authority, body politic, buffer state, caliphate, captive nation, chieftaincy, chieftainry, city-state, civil government, claws, clutches, colony, command, commonweal, commonwealth, control, country, county, czardom, direction, discipline, dispensation, disposition, domain, dominion, duchy, dukedom, earldom, emperorship, empery, form of government, free city, governance, government, grand duchy, grip, hand, hands, imperialism, iron hand, jurisdiction, kaiserdom, kinghood, kingship, land, majesty, management, mandant, mandate, mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, nation, nationality, oversight, polis, political organization, polity, possession, power, principality, principate, protectorate, province, puppet government, puppet regime, queenhood, queenship, raj, rajaship, realm, regime, regimen, regnancy, regulation, reign, republic, royalty, rule, satellite, seneschalty, settlement, sovereign nation, sovereignty, state, sultanate, sultanship, superpower, supervision, sway, system of government, talons, territory, the crown, the throne, toparchia, toparchy

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

empire

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Empire \Em"pire\, n. [F., fr. L. imperium a command, sovereignty, dominion, empire, fr. imperare. See Emperor; cf. Imperial.]

1. Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. ``The empire of the sea.'' --Shak.

Over hell extend His empire, and with iron scepter rule. --Milton.

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. --C. J. Smith.

3. Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason. ``Under the empire of facts.'' --M. Arnold.

Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with chivalry the empire over the minds of men. --A. W. Ward.

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.

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)