empire

Noun
  1. The domain ruled by an emperor or empress;
    The region over which imperial dominion is exercised (synset 108575019)
    is a type of: demesne, domain, land - territory over which rule or control is exercised
    specific instances:
    • roman empire - an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome
    • egypt, egyptian empire - an ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament
    • persia, persian empire - an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
    • russia - a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917
    • ottoman empire, turkish empire - a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire
    same as: imperium
  2. A group of countries under a single authority (synset 108069165)
    "the British created a great empire"
    is a type of: authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
  3. A monarchy with an emperor as head of state (synset 108422680)
    is a type of: monarchy - an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
    subtypes:
    • mogul empire - an empire established by the Mogul conquerors of India that reigned from 1526 to 1857
    • second empire - the imperial government of Napoleon III in France from 1852-1870
  4. A group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization (synset 108075773)
    is a type of: corp, corporation - a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state
    subtypes: publishing conglomerate, publishing empire - a conglomerate of publishing companies
    same as: conglomerate
  5. An eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh;
    Used as both an eating and a cooking apple (synset 107756573)
    is a type of: dessert apple, eating apple - an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking

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