meaning of empire

1. Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.
2. 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.
3. Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.
4. empire Any of a family of military simulations derived from a game written by Peter Langston many years ago. Five or six multi-player variants of varying degrees of sophistication exist, and one single-player version implemented for both Unix and VMS; the latter is even available as MS-DOS freeware. All are notoriously addictive. [Jargon File]
5. an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

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