empire
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empire - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.
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Over hell extend
His empire, and with iron scepter rule. --Milton.
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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.
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Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and
complicated government. --C. J. Smith.
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3. Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule;
sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason. "Under the
empire of facts." --M. Arnold.
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Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with
chivalry the empire over the minds of men. --A. W.
Ward.
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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.
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empire - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
empire
n 1: the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over
which imperial dominion is exercised [syn: empire,
imperium]
2: a group of countries under a single authority; "the British
created a great empire"
3: a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
4: a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run
as a single organization [syn: conglomerate, empire]
5: an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as
both an eating and a cooking apple
empire - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :
empire
<games> 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.
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(1995-08-06)
empire - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :
empire
n.
Any of a family of military simulations derived from a game written
by
Peter Langston many years ago. A number of 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/Windows freeware. All are notoriously addictive. Of various
commercial derivatives the best known is probably "Empire Deluxe" on
PCs and Amigas.
Modern empire is a real-time wargame played over the internet by up
to
120 players. Typical games last from 24 hours (blitz) to a couple of
months (long term). The amount of sleep you can get while playing is
a
function of the rate at which updates occur and the number of
co-rulers of your country. Empire server software is available for
Unix-like machines, and clients for Unix and other platforms. A
comprehensive history of the game is available at
http://www.empire.cx/infopages/History.html. The Empire resource site
is at http://www.empire.cx/.
empire - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Empire, AL
Zip code(s): 35063
Empire, CO (town, FIPS 24620)
Location: 39.75970 N, 105.68260 W
Population (1990): 401 (222 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Empire, LA (CDP, FIPS 23725)
Location: 29.41189 N, 89.61061 W
Population (1990): 2654 (979 housing units)
Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 6.1 sq km (water)
Empire, MI (village, FIPS 25980)
Location: 44.81317 N, 86.05894 W
Population (1990): 355 (244 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49630
Empire, NV
Zip code(s): 89405
Empire, OH (village, FIPS 25368)
Location: 40.51096 N, 80.62502 W
Population (1990): 364 (147 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
empire - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :
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.
empire - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
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
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