empire
em pahy er
- n the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- n a group of countries under a single authority
the British created a great empire - n a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
- n a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- n an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple
- If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals.
- For everyone but the poorest, it beckons as a magical empire of Mammon, a madcap consumer's paradise of immediate gratification and express delivery, of hot images and cool .
- The Russian, Ottoman, German, Austro-Hungarian and Chinese empires had passed their peaks 1998: Africa's nations are all independent.