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- Dictionaryempire/ˈɛmpʌɪə/
noun
- 1. an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state: "the Roman Empire" Similar
- 2. a large commercial organization owned or controlled by one person or group: "her business empire grew" Similar
adjective
- 1. denoting a style of furniture, decoration, or dress fashionable chiefly during the First Empire in France. The decorative style was neoclassical but marked by an interest in Egyptian and other ancient motifs.
- 2. denoting produce from the Commonwealth. dated British
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EMPIRE definition: 1. a group of countries ruled by a single person, government, or country: 2. a very large and…. Learn more.
The meaning of EMPIRE is a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority; especially : one having an emperor as chief of state.
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
EMPIRE meaning: 1. a group of countries ruled by a single person, government, or country: 2. a very large and…. Learn more.
Narrowly defined, an empire is a sovereign state whose head of state is an emperor or empress; but not all states with aggregate territory under the rule of supreme authorities are called empires or are ruled by an emperor; nor have all self-described empires been accepted as such by contemporaries and historians (the Central African Empire, and...
an aggregate of peoples and territories, often of great extent, under the rule of a single person, oligarchy, or sovereign state. 2. any monarchy that for reasons of history, prestige, etc, has an emperor rather than a king as head of state. 3. the period during which a particular empire exists.
Definition of empire noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
