Empire

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.

II. Empire ·noun Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.

III. Empire ·noun 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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