empire

/ˈɛmpaɪ.ə/ · adjective

Meaning

(furniture) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).
(of wine) Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.
A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.
A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
(Absolute) control, dominion, sway.

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