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Empire   /ˈɛmpaɪər/   Listen
Empire

noun
1.
The domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised.  Synonym: imperium.
2.
A group of countries under a single authority.
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.  Synonym: conglomerate.
5.
An eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple.



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"Empire" Quotes from Famous Books



... marble heroes of Germany? Have they ever stood with such as you, fraeulein, in the coral-tipped hours of the dawning day before the image of Friedrich der Grosse in that wonderful lane and felt, through this dead, cold thing, the thrill of an empire's glory? Do they know the witchery of the withering Berlin night as it plays out its wild fantasia in the leaves of the Linden trees? Have they ever been with such as you, fraeulein, at the base of the Pillar of Triumph in Koenigsplatz or sat with such as ...
— Europe After 8:15 • H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright

... of gold about his head; he wanted some evidence that he had something within his head, so he wrote the life of Julius Caesar, that he might become a member of the French Academy. Compare, for instance, in the German Empire, King William and Bismarck. King William is the one anointed of the most high, as they claim—the one upon whose head has been poured the divine petroleum of authority. Compare him with Bismarck, who towers, an intellectual ...
— Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest • Robert Green Ingersoll

... last week. But that is nothing. The city is swarming with them. The emperor has determined to restore the old religion perfectly. Since these Christians have appeared the empire has been declining. He has made up his mind to annihilate them. They are a curse, and must be dealt with accordingly. ...
— The Martyr of the Catacombs - A Tale of Ancient Rome • Anonymous

... see that the names of "the people," of "freedom," of "popular assembly," have some of their old magic for him still. The following passage is almost pathetic in its reminder of the days of 1792, before that modern Leonidas, the young French Republic, had degenerated into the Xerxes of the Empire. ...
— English Men of Letters: Coleridge • H. D. Traill

... empire in the 16th and 17th centuries, Spain ultimately yielded command of the seas to England, beginning with the defeat of the Armada in 1588. Spain subsequently failed to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions and fell behind Britain, France, and Germany in economic and political power. ...
— The 1999 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


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